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| Nobel Peace Prize. Irena Sendler or Al Gore? You decide. |
| 2008-08-18 |
| Irena Sendler There recently was a death of a 98 year-old lady named Irena. During WWII, Irena, got permission to work in the Warsaw Ghetto, as a Plumbing/Sewer specialist. She had an 'ulterior motive' ... She KNEW what the Nazi's plans were for the Jews, (being German.) Irena smuggled infants out in the bottom of the tool box she carried and she carried in the back of her truck a burlap sack, (for larger kids.) She also had a dog in the back that she trained to bark when the Nazi soldiers let her in and out of the ghetto. The soldiers of course wanted nothing to do with the dog and the barking covered the kids/infants noises. During her time of doing this, she managed to smuggle out and save 2500 kids/infants. She was caught, and the Nazi's broke both her legs, arms and beat her severely. Irena kept a record of the names of all the kids she smuggled out and kept them in a glass jar, buried under a tree in her back yard. After the war, she tried to locate any parents that may have survived it and reunited the family. Most of course had been gassed. Those kids she helped got placed into foster family homes or adopted. Last year Irena was up for the Nobel Peace Prize ... She was not selected. *Al Gore won, for a slide show on Global Warming. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #6 Of course she didn't qualify. She showed honor, courage and dignity, which are all something the Nobel committee wouldn't recognize if you beat them upside the head with a 2x4. Rest in peace, Ms. Sendler. |
| Posted by: Swamp Blondie in the Cornfields 2008-08-18 23:40 |
| #5 The Nobel Peace Prize has become a political correctness award in recent years. I'm certain this lady wouldn't care about such an award. She has knows in her heart she did the right and moral thing. Screw the Nobel Piece Prize. |
| Posted by: Bill Shusorong1219 2008-08-18 20:24 |
| #4 Those who've received the Nobel Peace Prize in recent years are not the kind of company this wonderful lady should keep. Yad Vashem, the Holocaust museum in Israel, recognized Mrs. Sendler as a Righteous Gentile; she was also recognized for her valour by the United States, Poland, and the Pope. Four American schoolgirls wrote a play about what she did, which has been performed over 245 times since then. The life and memory of Irena Sendler have indeed been for a blessing, and an example to us all. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-08-18 19:23 |
| #3 You can visit the Irena Sendler Project here. Well worth the time. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2008-08-18 17:03 |
| #2 Wasn't it Churchill that said, those who fail to learn from history are condemned to repeat it . |
| Posted by: Slolurong Bonaparte1000 2008-08-18 16:33 |
| #1 This is sad in so many ways. To be passed over for Al Gore and his ilk is another insult to the victims and survivors of the holocaust. I recently read two accounts of the holocaust, Maus II and Night, we rush to forget as a people and are still subject to the 'siren calls' of fanatics, be they Hitlers or Gores. Different messages, same playing to our collective fears and lack of any sense of self reflection. I pray for Irena and weep for the world. |
| Posted by: Total War 2008-08-18 15:05 |