Woman Hides Children In Coffins, Bags – Then She’s Arrested, Her Secret Emerges

Irena Sendler was not like the other children she grew up with in Warsaw, Poland. Born Feb. 15, 1910, Sendler she lost her father at age seven to typhus. Although she spent only a short time with him, Newsner reported, but during that time, her father taught her many things that followed her through her long life. But one lesson stayed with her and had an enormous influence on her – Always help the needy. Following in her father – a doctor’s – footsteps, she became a nurse. She later became employed as a social worker in the Warsaw Social Welfare Department. As part of her job, she helped distribute food and clothing to needy families. As a devout Catholic living in a Europe divided by the...