Irena Sendler – candidate for Peace Nobel Prize

President Lech Kaczynski, currently on an official visit to Israel, proposed that Poland and Israel should jointly apply for the Peace Nobel Prize for Irena Sendler. During World War 2 Irena Sendler saved over 2500 Jewish children from the Warsaw ghetto as a member of the resistance organization Zegota.

Irena Sendler in 1943, after escape from Pawiak prison

visit Irena Sendler website

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