Talk about strong women: Last night I saw this documentary about Irena Sendler and her friends who saved Polish Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto.
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvycQNINaKg”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvycQNINaKg]
To say it left a strong impact on me would be an understatement. If you watch the trailer, one of the women describes how Polish Christians caught with a Polish Jew would be killed on the spot. This is the same woman who describes in the film how, as part of the Polish resistance, she would kill traiterous Poles, those who were collaborating with the Nazis. These traiterous Poles would keep lists of hidden Polish Jews and when she killed them, she had to find that list–it was the key to safety for those families who were hiding children.
Irena Sendler, all of these women, seemed to have little idea that they were heroes. Irena referred only to the fact that she couldn’t do it without the help of her friends (one of whom was tortured and executed). She said she remembered only what her father taught her: When you see a drowing man, reach out your hand.
Irena Sendler was up for the Nobel Peace Prize but Al Gore won instead.
I highly recommend this film.
by 
Handing the Nobel Peach Prize to a guy that produced a fiction film at no risk to his health, (maybe more to ours) was one of the darkest blots on the peace prize. Truly sad was the fact that Ms. Sendler was alive when this award was politically handed out. I wish that a few million people would take the time and watch this film about a real hero, a woman who risked her life countless times to save the lives of others. This film will move you to tears. And once your done watching this, think of the self-rightous ass that accepted the award and your stomach should turn. The Nobel prize is just not what it once used to be, and that is a shame.