I got this in my email this morning. It’s a true story. And I cannot BELIEVE this woman lost the Nobel Peace Prize to stupid Al Gore and his loony movie!!!!
May 12, 2008, marked the death of a 98-year-old lady named Irena Sendlerowa. She was born in Germany Poland in 1910. During WWII, Irena, a German Polish woman, received permission from the Nazis to work in the Warsaw ghetto as a plumbing/sewer specialist.
She had an ulterior motive…
Irena knew the Nazis’ plans for the Jews and smuggled infants out in the bottom of the large tool box she carried. Larger children were placed in a burlap sack in the back of her truck. Also in the back was a dog that she had trained to bark each time the Nazi guards allowed her out of the ghetto and back in.
The soldiers, of course, wanted nothing to do with the dog, and its barking covered any noise made by the infants and small children. Irena managed to smuggle out approximately 2,500 children before she was finally caught.
When she was captured, the Nazis beat her severely, breaking both her arms and her legs.
Irena kept a record of the names of all the children she smuggled out of that Warsaw ghetto and kept them in a glass jar buried under a tree in her back yard. After the war, she tried to locate any parents who may have survived so she might reunite the child with its family. Most, of course, did not survive the Holocaust, and the vast majority of the surviving children were placed in foster homes or adopted.
Irena was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, but she lost to Al Gore, who won the award for presenting a slide show on the philosophy behind global warming.
Read more at a website dedicated to Irena.
13. August 2008 at 3:48 am
The EPA has issued a warning for people to prepare for changes in our climate due to global warming. Scientists believe it, the government believes it, and obviously the people who decide who deserve the nobel peace prize believe it. You’re clinging to right wing propaganda if you think this isn’t a real threat.
Not to discredit this lady’s stuff. It looks like she saved some kids, and that’s cool. Why nominated so late though? It seems like she missed her window a long time ago, and lost because Al gore’s message is a contemporary one.
13. August 2008 at 6:28 am
Madam,
There was no need to downgrade Al Gore and his efforts to warn the world about global warming while you praise this woman. I found this site while I was on StumbleUpon, and I gave it a thumbs down just because of those comments you wrote about him.
13. August 2008 at 7:38 am
Sorry – but I find using this women’s death and good deeds as a springboard to make an attack on a political figure contemptible.
The fact that the original poster does not just shows how blinded we’ve become by partisanship.
It would logically extrapolate that every medal winner for the last 50 years is also responsible for depriving this Polish hero. Why isn’t the original poster lambasting those other evil doers such as Doctors Without Borders, Nelson Mandela, the Dali Lama, Yasser Arafat, and Desmond Tutu?
One can only assume because she does not have a political ax to grind with them. Instead she tries to compare apples and oranges and come up with left wing plots.
Sadly, this form of propaganda has become de-rigueur for this crop of neo-con apologists. It sure is a whole lot easier than looking in the mirror and seeing torture behind ones shoulder.
Hey Rebecca, what do you think Irena Sendlerowa would think about a government that spies on its own citizens, condones the suspension of habeas corpus and considers water boarding “enhanced interrogation techniques”? You see any Peace prizes on the horizon for this crew?
But never mind, you keep your head in the sand.
Classic.
13. August 2008 at 7:56 am
I can only say Thank you LORD! That she was there to help Jewish kids. I think she cared very little to useless Noble prize. The real prize were saved children lifes. Thank you dear Irena, God Bless You, Rest in Peace!
13. August 2008 at 12:00 pm
I honestly don’t think this woman did any of this to be recognize. There are people who do nice things for nothing but their own satisfaction.
13. August 2008 at 1:57 pm
I’m not sure why everyone is so upset because she “lost” to Al Gore. No one who is nominated for a Noble Peace Prize can ever be called a “loser”. I’m sure they chose Al Gore because his contributions are to our current future, not the future of the 1940s that we’ve already seen play out. I’m not downplaying her role at all, mind you. She was a brave, selfless soul and her contribution to the lives of all those children is invaluable. I’m glad she was able to live a long life, being rewarded in her soul every day knowing what she did, whether we knew or not.
And what the heck is Michael smoking calling the Dalai Lama an “evil doer”? He has spent his life spreading compassion and religious tolerance. Why don’t you read before you speak. I agree that she should have been nominated and awarded a long time ago, but that doesn’t downplay the great contributions of the previous winners and nominees. You sound like a conspiracy theorist who just wants to hate whatever anyone else likes.
13. August 2008 at 2:05 pm
“And what the heck is Michael smoking calling the Dalai Lama an “evil doer”?”
Just wow.
I guess sarcasm is too high a critical thinking skill here?
Amazing.
13. August 2008 at 4:39 pm
Title correction. Irena Sendlerowa- Polish Heroine!
She was Polish!, born in Warsaw, father Polish doctor Stanislaw Krzyzanowski. Before Second World War she was working as a social worker and was a member of Polish Socialist Party.
You should read websites you give links to.
Regards
13. August 2008 at 10:39 pm
This woman is among the great Shindler by trying to save the young and innocnt. If Al Gore had any dignity he’d dedicate his award to this woman.
14. August 2008 at 9:17 am
I know this has been addressed several times in the comments here, but I got an email and I’ll mention it again for clarity’s sake: Irena Sendlerowa was not German, she was Polish. Here’s what the email said:
I appreciate you guys cleaning this up. As I stated in the post, I DID NOT WRITE THE STORY. It was sent in an email to me and I just posted it here. I had gone to Irena’s website in her honor to make sure it was not a hoax. And it is not a hoax. But I guess someone called her German when it should have been Polish. Her nationality doesn’t really matter to me… I’m just glad she did what she did.
Thanks for all your comments.
14. August 2008 at 1:27 pm
Irena Sendler was Polish, and throughout entire WWII she suffered persecution from Germans mainly for her nationality. In that case your reluctance to correct an error is incomprehensible. Next time you publish this sort of article, please show some respect and learn history to understand the importance of facts.
14. August 2008 at 2:36 pm
Thanks for a great story. But it would have been better to leave Al Gore out of it. I agree that Gore has done nothing to advance peace and the prize committe has turned it into a bad joke, with Al Gore being one of the best examples of that (Arafat, however, being THE best example). Nevertheless, it is a distraction and Gore’s ignorant fans have, entirely predictably, disturbed the thread.
14. August 2008 at 4:41 pm
Such Selfless actions are almost unheard of in the world today. A truly remarkable woman. The world will be a little worse off with her passing.
14. August 2008 at 5:26 pm
If Al Gore was a real man he would give that award up to this brave, wonderful woman.
As far as I am concerned, he(Gore) is a real loser and God has many rewards for her. Gore has got his reward.
14. August 2008 at 11:38 pm
To quote Dennis Prager: “The significant are rarely famous and the famous are rarely significant.”
15. August 2008 at 5:37 am
Lovely story. She saved 2500 children. Al Gore is trying to save the whole planet and ensure that there is a future habitat for life. He clearly stands out as deserving the Nobel…and furthermore, preservation of life is what peace is all about!
15. August 2008 at 1:47 pm
Avery, are familiar with the concept of cheap heroism? Al Gore’s heroism costs him nothing and in fact has rewarded him richly. This woman risked everything and paid dearly for her heroism. Heroes shouldn’t be measured by fame or unsubstantiated claims. Saving the world from global warming is neither heroic nor IMO a real danger. It is the fight someone chooses when they would rather not face real and imminent danger from real and present evil.
15. August 2008 at 1:47 pm
A beautiful SOUL! We really should not rest on the laurels of others, when there are many different kinds of WARS TODAY! If the truth be told, maybe there could be more people in the world TODAY, like Irena Sendler. God only knows…We need them!
15. August 2008 at 9:06 pm
Al Gore and John Edwards are gay
16. August 2008 at 12:55 am
As much as I am not a fan of Al, he didn’t ‘steal’ the Nobel prize, but was awarded it, for reasons said.
What Irena Sendlerowa did, however, can never be measured in or by a prize, such as the The Peace Prize. The heroism and total unselfishness, punishable by instant death that she displayed, belongs to people that you and I could count on only one hand.
I am not a pessimist nor an optimist, I both understand AND do not understand some things that a so called human being will do. Before global warming and nature has played it’s toll, the likes of Irena will be long forgotten because the human race will globally destroy each other.
16. August 2008 at 1:01 pm
Yes because as we all know, any action against the nazis or the holocaust is an automatic nobel peace prize. Regardless of the fact that the “true history” story posted has factual errors/exagerations more glaring than just switching her nationality.
16. August 2008 at 1:04 pm
Thank you for sharing.
16. August 2008 at 6:03 pm
LAF. Al Gore obviously has had a greater impact with his motives than this woman. If you think she deserves it more than he does, you’re priorities are skewed.
16. August 2008 at 10:03 pm
if one speaks polish, thinks in polish, and has polish roots is definitely POLISH not german
16. August 2008 at 11:54 pm
Al and Tipper gore are two meddling kooks!
Remember the PRMC? His global warming shtick will soon be disproved, as a lot of the untruths of his scare tactic movie already has. Global warming will soon go the way of the dinosaur much like the whole commotion about the ozone layer depletion, remember? Save the whales, ban the plastic bag and dolphin killing six pack plastic you kooks! Go to hell like Superman and die like a champion.
17. August 2008 at 12:29 am
Thanks so much for sharing this story. I can’t believe she lost the nobel peace prize to Al Gore. Amazing.
17. August 2008 at 1:34 am
I’m not inspired and I’m not moved. People don’t “lose” a Nobel Prize, its not a freaking Oscar. Get over yourself and your ridiculous agenda. You are essentially using this woman’s memory to sling mud at a political entity you don’t side with. Shame on you.
17. August 2008 at 3:13 am
Peter I tend to understand your post as well as any I have seen, with a difference – I AM inspired and am Moved, nevertheless your point is taken – and the miss-use of a good woman’s memory is heart-breaking.
Thank you
18. August 2008 at 5:55 am
She is one of a number of heroic Germans who helped the Jews at a time when the Nazi’s were acting just like the Zionists in Israel are with the Palestinians. I knew several such people in NYC. If the Nobel Prize Committee was so entranced with this lady’s story why did they wait more 50 years to consider it? What Al Gore had to say was far more important. Sorry.
18. August 2008 at 12:33 pm
Dear Bull Slam,
She was not German. She was Polish.
18. August 2008 at 6:56 pm
Carbon Dioxide => Trapped infrared radiation
Massive man-made gas emissions (billions of tons) => More carbon dioxide in the atmosphere => More trapped radiation => Warming
It’s very simple, isn’t it? Basic chemistry and Earth science.
The fact that people think just because something is measured in parts per million it means nothing is retarded beyond reason. It’s a concentration, not an amount i.e. you need to multiply it by the volume of the Earth’s atmosphere, which is clearly massive, in order to truly understand the scope. And to anyone who thinks global warming is a money-grabbing scam, what are you smoking? What “global warming” products are you supposed to buy, exactly? You’re supposed to use LESS of everything and be MORE efficient. If anything, you should be SAVING money. It’s the gas companies (among others) who have ties to Republicans in office and want you to BUY MORE GAS (how shocking!), despite possible cheaper and healthier alternatives.
“Global warming will soon go the way of the dinosaur much like the whole commotion about the ozone layer depletion, remember?”
Are you serious? You do realize the reason why the depletion of ozone layer (which will still take another CENTURY to heal) has slowed is because most of the world has recognized the problem and took steps to alleviate it, right? Do you people actively try to be ignorant or is ignorance more a natural state of being?
18. August 2008 at 11:10 pm
feefifoto, there is nothing inspiring about this story; yes what the woman did was great, but losing to Al Gore, just goes to show how well organized the nobel peace cocks really are.
18. August 2008 at 11:12 pm
szymon, who cares, she did a great thing for humankind. correcting someone on their gramatic mistakes is just arogant.
19. August 2008 at 3:59 am
Too many SFB neo-cons on this site whining that Global Warming is not a reality. Global Warming has changed climate so drastically that England is now the producer of fine wine; and France is now the maker of second rate wines. Just the difference of a few degrees is all it took.
Al gore is a real hero to my kids. I have made sure of that. They will never know the world I knew. Instead, thanks to Global Warming and the criminal foot-dragging of the Bush Whitehouse, they will have severely diminished air quality, in an already overpopulated world; and if the Right wingnuts continue on their insane path not only my kids, but their kids, too, will live to pay dearly for drinking water; not to mention the prospect of handing down to their children, the obscene debt run up by the most crooked, most vile president in American History.
The Nobel Prize Committee knows exactly what it is doing.
19. August 2008 at 11:59 am
@Spanky
“szymon, who cares, she did a great thing for humankind. correcting someone on their gramatic mistakes is just arogant.”
Would just like to say that szymon didn’t correct their grammatical mistakes, it was a semantic mistake that he helped with. You wouldn’t want Al Gore being mistaken for French now would you?
As for mistakes, I just wanted to say that gramatic should be grammatical and be aware if you could, arogant should have two r’s.
In case you’re wondering this is how you spell Patronising. ?
19. August 2008 at 12:05 pm
Spanky, gramatic? Getting the person’s nationality wrong is not a graMMatic (yes, double m) error. And correcting somebody’s mistakes is not aRRogant. Learn. Please. Learn.
19. August 2008 at 10:48 pm
Hey George if we produce so much carbon dioxide why don’t we plant more trees instead of cutting them to build Al Gore’s mansion.But who cares about Al Gore anyway this woman deserves more praise than any politician should ever get.
19. August 2008 at 11:34 pm
Hey Rebecca, gravity is also just a theory as is evolution.
Now say your prays and get to bed, ya lil’ scallywag.
20. August 2008 at 3:59 am
the nobel prize has always been a joke. tolstoy was nominated nine times, but lost to people no one reads nowadays. einstein won for a minor theory on light because the prize committee thought relativity couldn’t be proven. kissinger and le duc tho shared a peace prize for signing a cease-fire while simultaneously breaking that same cease-fire (and kissinger himself admits this in “years of upheaval”).
as for global warming, it’s simple. when people get into a room, it heats up. why? carbon. people give off carbon, carbon traps heat. now think of all the cars and factories and all that smoke. what is it made of? carbon. and what does carbon do? carbon traps heat. and where’s it going? into our atmosphere. what’s it doing? making the world hotter. greenland’s melting, lake chad is already dry, the entire southwest will be a desert in a few decades, and the gobi is spreading east, yet you still don’t see that something’s wrong?
whatever you think about al gore (and anyone who bitches about carbon emissions while flying a jet is pretty dubious), there is no excuse for being ignorant. science is real. the computer you’re using right now does now run on jesus.
20. August 2008 at 7:42 am
“it’s simple. when people get into a room, it heats up. why? carbon. people give off carbon, carbon traps heat.”
CO2 doesn’t heat up a room its the body heat from all the people. Body heat and the breath from all those warm bodies heats the room up. This is exactly the kind of dogmatic approach to Global Warming that puts people off.
Oh and i only give off carbon when i’ve been badly burnt.. :-)
20. August 2008 at 9:14 am
Truly a heart warming story, she, and hundreds of others who risked their lives day in and day out for others, never knowing each day if you were going to get caught, amazing.
Got to say though that all the bashing of Al Gore seems misplaced and short sighted. He didn’t take the Nobel Prize away from this courageous woman he was awarded the prize. And Mr Gore’s attempt to awaken the brain dead and ignorant to our suicidal behaviors that otherwise might end life on this planet for all beings hardly seems frivolous. His “slide show” just might save the planet, but probably not.
20. August 2008 at 12:29 pm
Wow. What an idiotic way to present your post.
Al Gore’s beliefs are shared by 99% of the scientific community but with idiots like you muddying the issue, you can rest assured that nothing will be done about it in time to save us.
20. August 2008 at 5:04 pm
We need a little balance here – I really see nothing idiotic in your post Michael since Graham’s post follows yours I suppose it is yourself he is criticizing –
Mr. Gore’s beliefs are shared by 99% of the Scientific Community – in whose report did you read that Graham, did you count them – I believe you have mis-counted.
At no time should this dear lady’s achievments for Humanity be lessened – or even slightly diminished in any way – but Mr. Gore’s home (a mansion is it?)
probably does more to emit more carbon than almost any other source – large house – many lights – too much electricity being used – he is a perfect person to talk about Global Warming, if he practices leaving LESS of a Carbon footprint in his own home – people might listen – because finally he does have the right of it – in my opinion we have already got too much global warming for sure – He could lead us better to practicing LESS Global warming – he could show us by his example, starting with reducing the use he makes of Electricity.
I do not believe Graham has his facts straight
Bless
Patricia
21. August 2008 at 2:46 am
This is truly an inspiring story that should not be as easily forgotten. As to global warming I have read countless books, written papers, and studied it over aggressivly over the years. the number one greenhouse gas is not carbon dioxide it is by far water vapor. We can not contest that parts of the world are warming; although parts of Greenland’s ice sheets and parts of the south pole are growing. There seems to be a train of thought that the earth is supposed to be constant, although I wish it were it has never and never will be. It’s a matter of entropy. All this aside though I believe that this woman did more for the soul of mankind as a whole than Al Gore has had the opportunity to do. Of course who’s to say the Nobel Peace Price was ever fair Yassir Arafat won
21. August 2008 at 8:29 am
I’m so effing sick of morons who say global warming is “merely” a “theory”. rebecca, grow up. shut up! the world’s best scientists have spend hundreds of thousands of hours — hundreds of years — forumlating the science of these observations.
You are a disrespectful fool for ignoring it. you know NOTHING.
What a jerk.
21. August 2008 at 8:33 am
peter — best comment is yours. right on the money.
a meteor could hit the earth tomorrow and all of the “intelligent designers” would tell you it’s “only a theory” and it “didn’t happen”.
sickening. when will these fools drop the act and get with it?
21. August 2008 at 9:56 am
You know they hand out more than one Nobel prize a year, now there are different categories “peace” being one of them scientific studies or achievements being another, politics, etc. To say that Gore beat her out for THE prize would be a fallacy because there were 6 categories and Al Gore won in only one however note that Al Gore shares the peace prize with the IPCC so in total counting all categories 10 persons and 1 watchdog group called the IPCC won and share nobel prizes. So who gives a flying fuck about Al Gore?
21. August 2008 at 6:55 pm
david just owned you.
22. August 2008 at 2:34 pm
An amazing hero, but yes, she wasn’t beaten by Al Gore, but many people – including the intergovermental panel on climate change. The Peace Prize isn’t given for heroic actions, such as hers, but actions that help stabilize national and international affairs to create a more peaceful world. She saved many that would have surely perished, but she did not address issues of potential conflict to assure peace.
22. August 2008 at 4:04 pm
She was POLISH!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irena_Sendler
How could You say she’s German, for God’s sake.