“In the name of their mothers – story of Irena Sendler” in TVP2

The film “In the name of their mothers” presents interviews with Irena Sendler herself, with her three collaborators and with people whom they rescued. The documentary also shows numerous shots of the occupied Warsaw, among them the headquarters of the Gestapo and the Pawiak prison.

Irena Sendler, Righteous Among the Nations, activist of the underground Council to Aid Jews “Żegota”, working in the Welfare Assistance Department of the Warsaw Administration, saved 2,500 children during the Second World War.

The children she helped rescue were brought out from the Warsaw ghetto onto the so-called Aryan Side. They received false papers and were placed in Polish orders, orphanages and families.

In 1965 Irena Sendler was awarded with the title of the Righteous Among the Nations for rescuing Jews during the Second World War. In 2007 the Righteous was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. She passed away on May 12, 2008 in Warsaw, at the age of 98.

More about Irena Sendler on the portal “Polish Righteous”.