Irena Sendler

Heroes do extraordinary things. What I did was not an extraordinary thing. It was normal.

— Irena Sendler

The world can be better if there's love, tolerance and humility.

— Irena Sendler

“Every child saved with my help is the justification of my existence on this Earth, and not a title to glory.”

— Irena Sendler

“To save one Jewish child, ten Poles and two Jews had to risk death. To betray that same child and the family…

— Irena Sendler

Humanity has understood nothing. Religious, tribal, national wars continue. The world continues to be in a sea of blood.

— Irena Sendler

“I was taught by my father that when someone is drowning you don't ask if they can swim, you just jump in…

— Irena Sendler

I was brought up to believe that a person must be rescued when drowning, regardless of religion and nationality. The term ‘hero’…

— Irena Sendler

After World War II, it seemed that humanity understood something, and nothing like that would happen again. Humanity has understood nothing. Religious,…

— Irena Sendler

I was taught that if you see a person drowning, you must jump into the water to save them, whether you can…

— Irena Sendler

“You see a man drowning, you must try to save him even if you cannot swim.”

— Irena Sendler

“We all have to ask ourselves, "What would I have done?". I agree with Wladyslaw Bartofszewski, one of the organizers of ZEGOTA,…

— Irena Sendler

Over a half-century has passed since the hell of the Holocaust, but its spectre still hangs over the world and doesn't allow…

— Irena Sendler

Every child saved with my help and the help of all the wonderful secret messengers, who today are no longer living, is…

— Irena Sendler