The audiobook Iren's Children brings the extraordinary story of a heroine who saved 2500 children from the Warsaw ghetto
Irena Sendler is often compared to Oskar Schindler because she saved two and a half thousand children from certain death in the Warsaw ghetto. But Irene had no exceptional status or wealth. You could say that she was an ordinary social worker. But she had a special gift - she was able to pull others down with her example, courage and conviction, and together with them to achieve incredible things. At least ten brave and selfless people from all over Warsaw risked their lives for each child saved...
Babies were smuggled in suitcases, boxes and coffins. Older children were guided through smelly and dangerous sewers. In 1943 Irena was arrested by the Gestapo, but fortunately they did not know that she was a key figure in the Polish resistance. They tortured her for three months, but Irena did not reveal anything. The Resistance saved her minutes before her execution...