Hiding infants in toolboxes or under stretchers.
For decades, her story was suppressed by the Communist regime in Poland. It only gained global recognition in the late 1990s. Honored by Yad Vashem in 1965. Nobel Peace Prize: Nominated in 2007 and 2008.
To reunite the children with their families after the war. ⚖️ Capture and Survival In 1943, the Gestapo arrested Irena.
She buried the lists in under an apple tree in a friend's garden.
