On Oct. 20, 1943, the Gestapo arrested her and took her to Pawiak prison, where subversives were tortured and killed. Over three months, her detainers used clubs and other devices to fracture her legs and feet.

She did not inform on Zegota leaders and was sentenced to death by firing squad, but a bribed guard helped her escape and marked her as having been executed. Mrs. Sendler remained incognito for the rest of the war -- she could not even risk attending her mother's funeral -- and continued to help Zegota.

Yad Vashem, the Holocaust memorial in Israel, recognized Mrs. Sendler in 1965 as "Righteous Among the Nations," the designation for gentiles who aided Jews during the war. The number of children saved by Mrs. Sendler and her partners is unknown, according to Yad Vashem, but some estimates by survivors groups claim more than 2,500.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/12/AR2008051202751_pf.html

Great clip, thanks!

You're welcome, masbury.

Lost Nobel Prize to Al Gore.

Al Gore

ElBaradei, Kofi Annan, Arafat, Jimmy Carter rounds out the gang
of losers, in my opinion.