Irena+Sendlerowa


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What was Sendlerowa's job?** -She was as head of the children's section of Zegota, the Polish undergrond Council for Aid to jews. -Sendlerowa ("Jolonta") helped smuggle more than2,500 Jewish children out of the Warsaw ghetto. Hidding them in orphanages, convents, schools, hospitals, and private homes, she provided each child with a new identity, carefully recording in code their original names and placements so that relatives could find them after the war. -She was arrested by Gestapo (German secret state police) in the fall of 1943, Sendlerowa was sentenced to death. -Sendlerowa ("Jolonta") helped smuggle more than2,500 Jewish children out of the Warsaw ghetto. Hidding them in orphanages, convents, schools, hospitals, and private homes, she provided each child with a new identity, carefully recording in code their original names and placements so that relatives could find them after the war.
 * What did Sendlerowa do to help?**
 * What happened to Sendlerowa as a result of her efforts?**
 * How was Sendlerowa as hero?**