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The Prize Doesn’t Always Go To The Most Deserving

Irena Sendler

1910-2008

A 98 year-old German woman named Irena Sendler recently died.  During WWII, Irena worked in the Warsaw Ghetto as a plumbing/sewer specialist.  Irena smuggled Jewish children out; infants in the bottom of the tool box she carried and older children in a burlap sack she carried in the back of her truck.  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 wanted nothing to do with the dog, and the barking covered the kids’ and infants’ noises.  Irena managed to smuggle out and save 2500 children.  She eventually was caught, and the Nazis 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 backyard.  After the war, she tried to locate any parents that may have survived and reunited some of the families.  Most had been killed.  She helped those children get placement 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.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/war/sendler.asp

10 October 2008 • reblog: myquarterlifecrisis

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  1. willstorie reblogged this from benzado and added:
    This is a lovely, fascinating story, but also I strongly agree with Ben’s take. And this is not just about Al Gore; the...
  2. benzado reblogged this from rubysneakers and added:
    How disgusting, to use this woman’s story to take a cheap shot at Al Gore. And let’s be honest, that last sentence is...
  3. toomuchfreetime reblogged this from rubysneakers and added:
    we need more people like her! rubysneakers:
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  8. alltheviciouscircles reblogged this from seashelby and added:
    This woman worth more than a Nobel Peace Prize.
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  17. goddag reblogged this from caseyculture and added:
    Agreed. Though I’m a fan of Obama in general, this year’s choice of the NObel Peace Prize is puzzling. The prize has...
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  19. sweettabimae reblogged this from emilyroeart and added:
    Now SHE warrants a Noble Peace Prize! streetsofchicago: pantsblog:hilker
  20. emilyroeart reblogged this from streetsofchicago and added:
    I had to reblog this. This story and woman is AMAZING!...pantsblog: hilker: crazynutjob....
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  27. streetsofchicago reblogged this from muppetpants and added:
    Also remember reading this.
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  30. muppetpants reblogged this from hilker and added:
    I’m reblogging this because it involves reblogging my former self.
  31. hilker reblogged this from sds and added:
    reblogging this post from last year, reminded of it by crazynutjob....muppetpants:...
  32. livingart reblogged this from snugglesmcfein-deactivated20090 and added:
    holy crap. that sucks. I hope shes getting what she deserves in the afterlife
  33. deathbydebauchery reblogged this from myquarterlifecrisis
  34. unknownwonder reblogged this from alocacoc-deactivated20090418-de and added:
    Al Gore can choke on my foot for this >:(
  35. piyoyoy reblogged this from technicolorwordvomit and added:
    The Prize Doesn’t Always Go To The Most Deserving Irena Sendler 1910-2008 A 98 year-old German woman named Irena Sendler...
  36. amaninthemaking reblogged this from alocacoc-deactivated20090418-de and added:
    fuck al gore. this is outrageous!!!
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  38. dougruocco reblogged this from elainethehorsegurl and added:
    Al Gore is a total doucher.
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  40. prettyaspoison reblogged this from technicolorwordvomit and added:
    ugh al gore blows polar bears
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  45. eons reblogged this from bluenemesis and added:
    by now, this article has become an old news, but i still think i need to reblog it. anyway, her name reminds me of Irene...
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    The Prize Doesn’t Always Go To The Most Deserving Irena Sendler 1910-2008 A 98 year-old German woman named Irena Sendler...
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  50. apeasnpickleslife reblogged this from bluenemesis and added:
    Irena passed away May 12, 2008. //www.irenasendler.org/
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  54. bluenemesis reblogged this from hilker and added:
    sds:muppetpants:thedailyfiona:markyb:cvxn:boredintheburbs:myquarterlifecrisis:...The Prize...
  55. doctornecessiter reblogged this from hilker and added:
    And she’s got the sweetest old face you’ve ever seen….Not that creepy “uncanny valley” thing that Al Gore has going on.
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  57. amyyy reblogged this from sudz and added:
    i couldn’t have said it better. Why wouldn’t Al Gore insist it be given to her? How can you accept something knowing...
  58. leeshiebean reblogged this from sudz and added:
    This story makes me so sad. As if I needed another reason to be annoyed by all the “global warming” hype. This woman was...
  59. sudz reblogged this from louisepalanker and added:
    I’m at a loss for words… this is about as disgraceful as I believe things are in this day and age. Life just does not...
  60. noahkai reblogged this from joeypants-deactivated20090410 and added:
    May she rest in peace.
  61. sds reblogged this from joeypants-deactivated20090410 and added:
    This may be the worst thing I’ve ever heard.
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  63. bringmethathorizon reblogged this from imjustlikeme and added:
    Seriously? Fuck Al Gore. That shit is bananas.
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  65. joeypants-deactivated20090410 reblogged this from thedailyfiona and added:
    Al Gore is terrible and wrong about pretty much everything. If I was that woman, I wouldn’t have been able to get myself...
  66. imjustlikeme reblogged this from semisetadrift and added:
    Irena Sendler 1910-2008 A 98 year-old German woman named Irena Sendler recently died. During WWII, Irena worked in the...
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  70. louisepalanker reblogged this from markyb and added:
    Just wow. Her prize was 2500 lives.
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    boredintheburbs:myquarterlifecrisis:...fuckin’ Al Gore
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  75. velvetrobots reblogged this from cvxn and added:
    And to think Al Gore was wrong about a few things.
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    She has the face of an angel.
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    myquarterlifecrisis:
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