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When the Nazis rounded up half a million Polish Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto to be gassed, a nurse and humanitarian, Irena Sendler, managed to save the lives of hundreds of Jewish children by smuggling them out of the ghetto and placed them in homes and orphanages under false identities. Even after she was caught and tortured, she managed to escape death with the help of the underground group, Zegota. When the war was over, she dug up jars containing papers of the true identities of the adopted children and reunited them with their families. She was awarded the Order of White Eagle, a Polish award of highest distinction for her spectacular deed.

Fabian Huebner | @fabian.huebner

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