Irena Sendler

Born in Warsaw, the daughter of Stanislaw and Janina Krzyzanowski, Polish Catholics. She is brought up in Otwock. Her father, a Socialist and a doctor, is one of the few willing to treat Jewish patients.

Feb 15, 1910

Irena is born in Warsaw, the daughter of Stanislaw and Janina Krzyzanowski, Polish Catholics. She is brought up in Otwock. Her father, a Socialist and a doctor, is one of the few willing to treat Jewish patients.

Irena is sentenced to be executed. And, according to Nazi records, she is indeed put to death. However, Zegota manage to bribe a guard and she is suddenly freed on the way to her execution.

Jan 1, 1944

Irena and her husband are divorced. Irena marries fellow underground activist, Stefan Zgrzembski, and they have a son and a daughter.

Jan 11, 1947

Irena dies in a nursing home in Poland, aged 98.

May 12, 2008