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Irena Sendler Jake Corato
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Vocational Calling Vocation It’s what we are called to do
“Our Purpose”
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Early Life Born on February 15, 1910 in Warsaw, Poland
Father was a revolutionist and a physician Attended Warsaw University Suspended multiple times
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Her Calling The German Invasion of Poland The Warsaw Ghetto
Terrible conditions Constant threat of Concentration
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Her Vocation The Children’s Division of Zegota Captured by the Germans
Her Mission The Smuggling of 3,000 children out of Warsaw Used her position as a nurse to save orphans of those sent to concentration camps Captured by the Germans Torture Interrogated after the fracturing of legs and feet Condemned to Death Escaped here were five main means of escape: 1 – hidden under the stretcher. 2 – escape through the courthouse. 3 – the sewer pipes. 4 – A trolley w/kid hiding in a sack, in a trunk, a suitcase or something similar. 5 – if a child pretends to be sick or was actually very ill, it could be legally removed using the ambulance.
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Life in a Jar Saved the identities of every child she saved
Buried in her backyard After the war Searched for living parents Lived to 98
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