“I was brought up to believe that a person must be rescued when drowning, regardless of religion and nationality.”

Irena Sendler

“I still carry the marks on my body of what those "German supermen" did to me then. I was sentenced to death.”

Irena Sendler

“Let me stress most emphatically that we who were rescuing children are not some kind of heroes. Indeed, that term irritates me greatly. The opposite is true. I continue to have pangs of conscience tha...”

Irena Sendler

“I am the only person still alive of that rescuing group but I want everyone to know that, while I was coordinating our efforts, we were about twenty to twenty five people. I did not do it alone.”

Irena Sendler

“Over a half-century has passed since the hell of the Holocaust, but its spectre still hangs over the world and doesn’t allow us to forget.”

Irena Sendler