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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 958179" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Remember this lady?</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Irena Sendler</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Died: May 12, 2008 (aged 98)</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Warsaw, Poland</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>During WWII, Irena, got permission to work in the Warsaw ghetto, as a Plumbing/Sewer specialist.</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>She had an ulterior motive.</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Irena smuggled Jewish infants out in the bottom of the tool box she carried.</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>She also carried a burlap sack in the back of her truck, for larger kids.</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Irena kept a dog in the back that she trained to bark when the Nazi soldiers let her in and out of the ghetto.</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>The soldiers, of course, wanted nothing to do with the dog and the barking covered the kids/infants noises.</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>During her time of doing this, she managed to smuggle out and save 2500 kids/infants.</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Ultimately, she was caught, however, and the Nazi's broke both of her legs and arms and beat her severely.</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Irena kept a record of the names of all the kids she had smuggled out,</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>in a glass jar that she buried under a tree in her back yard.</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>After the war, she tried to locate any parents that may have survived and tried to reunite the family.</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Most had been gassed. Those kids she helped got placed into foster family homes or adopted.</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>In 2007 Irena was up for the Nobel Peace Prize. She was not selected.</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Al Gore won, for a slide show on Global Warming. </strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>In MEMORIAM - 65 YEARS LATER</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>I'm doing my small part by forwarding this message.</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>I hope you'll consider doing the same.</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>It is now more than 65 years since the Second World War in Europe ended.</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>This e-mail is being sent as a memorial chain,</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>in memory of the six million Jews, 20 million Russians, 10 million Christians and 1,900 Catholic priests</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>who were murdered, massacred, raped, burned, starved and humiliated!</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Now, more than ever, with Iran , and others, claiming the HOLOCAUST to be 'a myth'.</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>It's imperative to make sure the world never forgets,</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>because there are others who would like to do it again.</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 958179, member: 1246"] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4][B]Remember this lady?[/B] [B]Irena Sendler[/B] [B]Died: May 12, 2008 (aged 98)[/B] [B]Warsaw, Poland[/B] [/SIZE] [SIZE=4][B]During WWII, Irena, got permission to work in the Warsaw ghetto, as a Plumbing/Sewer specialist.[/B] [B]She had an ulterior motive.[/B] [/SIZE] [SIZE=4][B]Irena smuggled Jewish infants out in the bottom of the tool box she carried.[/B] [B]She also carried a burlap sack in the back of her truck, for larger kids.[/B] [/SIZE] [SIZE=4][B]Irena kept a dog in the back that she trained to bark when the Nazi soldiers let her in and out of the ghetto.[/B] [B]The soldiers, of course, wanted nothing to do with the dog and the barking covered the kids/infants noises.[/B] [/SIZE] [SIZE=4][B]During her time of doing this, she managed to smuggle out and save 2500 kids/infants.[/B] [/SIZE] [SIZE=4][B]Ultimately, she was caught, however, and the Nazi's broke both of her legs and arms and beat her severely.[/B] [/SIZE] [SIZE=4][B]Irena kept a record of the names of all the kids she had smuggled out,[/B] [B]in a glass jar that she buried under a tree in her back yard.[/B] [B]After the war, she tried to locate any parents that may have survived and tried to reunite the family.[/B] [B]Most had been gassed. Those kids she helped got placed into foster family homes or adopted.[/B] [/SIZE] [SIZE=4][B]In 2007 Irena was up for the Nobel Peace Prize. She was not selected.[/B] [B]Al Gore won, for a slide show on Global Warming. [/B] [B]In MEMORIAM - 65 YEARS LATER[/B] [/SIZE] [SIZE=4][B]I'm doing my small part by forwarding this message.[/B] [B]I hope you'll consider doing the same.[/B] [/SIZE] [SIZE=4][B]It is now more than 65 years since the Second World War in Europe ended.[/B] [/SIZE] [SIZE=4][B]This e-mail is being sent as a memorial chain,[/B] [B]in memory of the six million Jews, 20 million Russians, 10 million Christians and 1,900 Catholic priests[/B] [B]who were murdered, massacred, raped, burned, starved and humiliated![/B] [/SIZE] [SIZE=4][B]Now, more than ever, with Iran , and others, claiming the HOLOCAUST to be 'a myth'.[/B] [B]It's imperative to make sure the world never forgets,[/B] [B]because there are others who would like to do it again.[/B] [/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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