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Sendler, Irena Stanisława

Date of birth:
February 15th, 1910 (Warsaw, Russian Empire)
Date of death:
May 12th, 2008 (Warsaw, Poland)
Buried on:
Powazki Cemetery Warsaw
Plot: 54. Row: 4. Grave: 22.
Nationality:
Polish

Biography

Irena Sendler was a Polish nurse and member of the resistance during the Second World War. She saved children from the Holocaust. She was eventually arrested by the Gestapo and sentenced to death, but she managed to evade execution and survived the war.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
August 19th, 1946
Zloty Krzyz Zaslugi
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1963
Order Odrodzenia Polski - Krzyz Kawalerski
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
October 19th, 1965
Yad Vashem-decoration
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
June 12th, 1996
Order Odrodzenia Polski Komandorski
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
November 7th, 2001
Order Odrodzenia Polski Komandorski z Gwiazda
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
November 10th, 2003
Order Orla Bialego (1992)

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