Author of quotes: Irena Sendler



We and future generations must remember the human cruelty and hate which rules those who passed their neighbors in the hands of the enemy, the hatred that drove them to murder... My dream is to have a memory about it was a warning to the world and humanity would not repeat the tragedy.
Quote Explanation: From a letter written by the award Jan Karski.
№ 276095   Added MegaMozg 02-03-2017 / 10:28
We are the ones who saved children, not heroes. This statement I do not like. Instead, I was haunted by remorse, because I made so little.
Quote Explanation: Irina Sendler rescued from the ghetto, approximately 2,500 children. Interview for BBC news (2005-03-03).
№ 276094   Added MegaMozg 02-03-2017 / 10:28
Am I the only one who survived from the group of rescuers, but I want everyone to know that when I coordinated our activities, we had about 20-25 people. I didn't do it alone.
№ 276093   Added MegaMozg 02-03-2017 / 10:28
Heroes perform extraordinary feats. What I did was not exceptional. It was in order.
Quote Explanation: Irena Sendler was part of a group of rescuers who was smuggled children from the ghetto areas in Poland. Interview for the newspaper "The Independent" (2008-05-14).
№ 276092   Added MegaMozg 02-03-2017 / 10:28
I was silent. I'd rather die than to give away our activities.
Quote Explanation: We are talking about the activities of the rescue team, which was smuggled children from the ghetto areas in Poland.
№ 276090   Added MegaMozg 02-03-2017 / 10:27
Words cannot describe what I feel when you go to your own execution, and at the last moment realize that you bought from her.
№ 276089   Added MegaMozg 02-03-2017 / 10:27
When the war started, all of Poland was drowning in a sea of blood. But most of all it concerned the Jewish nation. And it was the children who suffered the most. That is why we must devote our hearts to them.
№ 276088   Added MegaMozg 02-03-2017 / 10:27
Every child who escaped with my help and with the help of the wonderful secret messengers, who are no longer alive - the reason of my existence on earth, but not the reason for fame.
№ 276087   Added MegaMozg 02-03-2017 / 10:27
More than half a century has passed since the hell of the Holocaust, but its specter still hangs over the world and does not forget about yourself.
№ 276086   Added MegaMozg 02-03-2017 / 10:27
I was taught in childhood: if a man is drowning, it must be saved regardless of their religious or national affiliation.
Quote Explanation: Interview for BBC news (2005-03-03).
№ 276085   Added MegaMozg 02-03-2017 / 10:27