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63 years ...

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I don’t usually pass things on –  but knowing some people  with these initials on their arm –  and sure that we must learn from  their stories and their wisdom,  if only to guide us in choosing  our own path and praying for  our children –  I forward it to you in honour of  their compassion. NEVER A BAD TIME TO REMEMBER The prize doesn't always go to the most deserving...  Irena Sendler     There recently was  a death of a 98 year-old lady  named Irena. During WWII, Irena,  got permission to work in the  Warsaw Ghetto,  as a Plumbing/Sewer specialist.  She had an 'ulterior motive' ...  She KNEW what the   Nazi's plans were for the Jews, (being German.)  Irena smuggled infants out in   the  bottom of the tool box she  carried and she carried in  the back of her truck a  burlap sack, (for larger kids..)  She also had a dog in the  back that she trained to bark  when the Nazi soldiers let her  in and out of the ghetto.  The soldiers of course wanted  nothing to do with the dog and  the barking covered the   kids/infants noises...  During her time of doing this,  she managed to smuggle out   and save 2500 kids/infants.  She was caught, and the  Nazi's broke both her legs,   arms and beat her severely.  Irena kept a record of the  names of all the kids she   smuggled out and kept them  in a glass jar, buried under a  tree in her back yard.   After the! war, she tried to  locate any parents that may  have survived it and reunited  the family.  Most had been gassed.  Those kids she helped got  placed into foster family homes or adopted.   Last year Irena was up for the Nobel Peace Prize ... She was not selected.   Al Gore won, for a slide show   on Global Warming..                 Powerful message, especially  the "cartoon."   Let us never forget!         63 years later              In  MEMORIAM  -  63 YEARS LATER   Please read the little cartoon carefully, it's powerful.  Then read the comments  at  the end.      I'm doing my small part by   forwarding this message.  I hope you'll consider  doing  the same.    In Memoriam     CLICK PICTURE TO ENLARGE It is now more  than 60 years   after the Second World War in  Europe  ended  This e-mail is  being sent as a   memorial chain, in memory  of the  20 million Russians,  10  million Christians,  6 million Jews and  1,900 Catholic priests   who were murdered,  massacred,  raped,   burned,   starved and humiliated with the  German and Russian Peoples  looking the other  way!   Now, more than ever, with  Iraq,Iran, and others, claiming  the  Holocaust to  be 'a myth,'  it's imperative to make sure  the  world never forgets,  because there are others who   would like to do it again.   This  e-mail is intended to   reach 40 million people  worldwide!   Join us and be a link in the   memorial chain and help us  distribute it around  the world.   Please send this e-mail to   people you know and ask  them to continue  the  memorial chain.   Please don't just delete it.   It  will only take you a minute to pass this along.  Thanks