Irena Sendler's timeline
1910-Irena Krzyzanowki was born
1914-The war breaks out and Irena's family move to Otwock
1917-Irena's father dies from typhoid
1917-Irena and her mother move back to Warsaw
1923-Irena gets in trouble at school protecting a Jewish friend from two bullies
1930-Irena gets suspended from Warsaw university for breaking the ghetto-bench system
1931-Irena marries Mieczysław Sendler
1939- Germany takes over Poland
1939-Irena begin helping the jews with food and medical supplies
1940-Irena joins Zegota
1941-Epidemic occurs in the ghetto and 6,000 die
1941-Irena recieves a pass from the Warsaw's Epidemic Control Department and comes and goes from the ghetto
1941-Irena starts rescuing the children from the ghetto
1942-Irena lays low during the uprising and buries the names of the 2,500 children
1943-The Gestapo capture Irena and send her to prison where she is tortured
1944-Irena is sentenced to execution but escapes
1945-Irena digs up the names of the children and tries to return them to families
1946-Irena divorces her husband
1947-Irena is remarried to Stefan Zgzembski
1948-Irena has a 2 boys and a girl, one boy dies at birth
1965-Irena's husband dies of heart problems
1991-Irena is made an honorary citizen of israel
1999-Irena's son dies of heart problems
1999-four highschool students share Irena's story through a play they wrote
2007-Irena is nominated for the Nobel Peace Award
2008-Irena dies May 12
1914-The war breaks out and Irena's family move to Otwock
1917-Irena's father dies from typhoid
1917-Irena and her mother move back to Warsaw
1923-Irena gets in trouble at school protecting a Jewish friend from two bullies
1930-Irena gets suspended from Warsaw university for breaking the ghetto-bench system
1931-Irena marries Mieczysław Sendler
1939- Germany takes over Poland
1939-Irena begin helping the jews with food and medical supplies
1940-Irena joins Zegota
1941-Epidemic occurs in the ghetto and 6,000 die
1941-Irena recieves a pass from the Warsaw's Epidemic Control Department and comes and goes from the ghetto
1941-Irena starts rescuing the children from the ghetto
1942-Irena lays low during the uprising and buries the names of the 2,500 children
1943-The Gestapo capture Irena and send her to prison where she is tortured
1944-Irena is sentenced to execution but escapes
1945-Irena digs up the names of the children and tries to return them to families
1946-Irena divorces her husband
1947-Irena is remarried to Stefan Zgzembski
1948-Irena has a 2 boys and a girl, one boy dies at birth
1965-Irena's husband dies of heart problems
1991-Irena is made an honorary citizen of israel
1999-Irena's son dies of heart problems
1999-four highschool students share Irena's story through a play they wrote
2007-Irena is nominated for the Nobel Peace Award
2008-Irena dies May 12