Irena Sendler Saved 2,500 Children

She Hid 2,500 Names in Jars Under a Tree She hid the names of two thousand five hundred children in glass jars, and buried them under a tree. This really happened. Her name was Irena Sendler, a social worker in Warsaw, during World War Two. Jewish families were trapped behind a wall, and in terrible danger. Irena could get inside, as a nurse. So she began smuggling children out. One by one. She hid babies in toolboxes and bags, and older children in ambulances and through secret passages. Each child got a new name, and a safe new family. But Irena wanted them to know who they really were. So she wrote every real name on a slip of paper. And hid them in jars, under an apple tree. In 1943 she was arrested. She was beaten, but she never gave away a single name. Friends helped her escape. After the war she dug up the jars, so the children could find their families. About two thousand five hundred were saved. That's Irena. She hid the names of two thousand five hundred children in glass jars, and buried them under a tree.