Irena Sendler 艾丽娜-犹太孩儿之母

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在2008年5月12日，一位在这区域鲜为人知的伟大女性，

撒手西归。她的名字叫艾丽娜 ( Irena Sendler )，也被

许多人称为 '犹太孩儿的母亲' 或 '犹太儿的保护神'。


在第二次世界大战，一位名叫艾丽娜的波兰人，不苟同

纳粹所为。 为了救那无数被德国纳粹关禁的犹太孩童，

她在华沙集中营( Warsaw Ghetto)当义工。


艾丽娜几经苦难，机警用工具箱和布袋把犹太孩童偷运出

营。为了掩盖孩童的啼哭声，她特地训练一只狗，每回纳

粹兵士让她进出集中营时，这只狗就吠。兵士们一听到狗

吠，闪去一旁; 就这样，艾丽娜成功把2500名孩童救出营

外。日子一久，艾丽娜所为被发现，纳粹兵士对她用酷

刑及打断手脚。虽被判死刑，却幸运被救赎。

艾丽娜把她所救出来的孩童名字身世全存入一个玻璃小

缸，后埋在自家后院的一棵树下。世界第二次世界大战

后，她尝试联络那些可能还活着的家长，以便一家团圆;

失去联络的孩童就安置在孤儿院或由一些家庭领养。


An era comes to an end today (12th May 2008).

(此文转贴自uzar.wordpress.com/2008/05/12 irena - sendlerowa - dies)


Irena Sendlerowa, née Krzyżanowska, born July 15, 1910

in Otwock, near Warsaw, who saved more than 2,500

Jewish children during WWII, died at the age of 98.


She was known as the “Mother of all Jewish children”,

the “Saviour” or simply “Irena” by the thousands of

children who were pulled out of the Ghetto, hidden

or simply smuggled out of Warsaw during the horrors

of the Nazi Holocaust.


Her unwavering courage and unshakable determination

is a lesson to us all. Irena joined the Council for Aid to

Jews(Żegota) in 1942 and became the head of the

Children’sDivision. She got to work immediately

making regular tripsto the Warsaw Jewish Ghetto

to bring aid to the little ones.


Every time she entered the Ghetto, Irena would put

on a Starof David armband as a mark of solidarity with

the plight of the Jews.


Appalled by what she saw, Irena smuggled as many

Jewish children out of the Warsaw Ghetto as she could,

knowing fullwell that this was their only hope of survival.

Those were did not die in the Ghetto were shipped out

and slaughtered in the Nazi concentration camp of

Treblinka. Irena had to endure brutal torture at the

hands of the Gestapo,when she was caught and

imprisoned in 1943.She was sentenced to death but

was miraculously savedby Żegota.


Rather thanbecome disheartened or frightened by

the brutality of the Nazis and her capture, she became

a more impassioned activist saving many, many more

children. Irena kept all the names and details of the

children shesaved on slips of paper. She was forced to

conceal and change the identities of all the Jewish she

saved in orderfor them to survive. Many returned to Irena

after the war to trace their roots and, if possible, their

families.


She was recognised as Righteous Among the Nations by

the YadVashem in 1965 and nominated for the Nobel

Peace Prize in 2007. (the eventual winner was Al Gore).


一位寂寂无名的女人，在战火纷飞的时代，做出令人赞叹

的事绩。勇敢的女性，冲破族线，献出爱心，挽救无辜。


而此时此地，要突破族线，为国为民，无需担忧会被打断

手脚或用酷刑对付。一起努力吧！



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