what was irena sendler
Irena Sendler (nÃ©e KrzyÅ¼anowska, also referred to as Irena Sendlerowa in Poland, Nom de guerre Jolanta; 15 February 1910 â 12 May 2008) was a Polish Roman Catholic nurse/social worker who served in the Polish Underground during World War II, and as head of children's section of Å»egota, an underground resistance organization in German-occupied Warsaw ...