Unsung Heroes

"True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic.
It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost,
but the urge to serve others at whatever cost." — Arthur Ashe

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Polish Underground (Council for Aid to Jews) • None

Irena Sendler

February 15, 1910 – May 12, 2008

Smuggled 2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto using toolboxes and potato sacks

Poland Warsaw, Poland
Polish Underground Army (Armia Krajowa) • Cavalry Captain

Witold Pilecki

May 13, 1901 – May 25, 1948

Voluntarily entered Auschwitz, built a resistance network, and escaped to tell the world about the Holocaust

Poland Auschwitz, Poland