Most people that fight for what they believe in do it by being an up-stander. Their are very few people that have been able to fight for what they believe in without saying a word to the person creating the conflict. During World War 2, in Nazi Germany a woman named Irena Sendler did just that.
Irena Sendler was the daughter of a doctor that treated jews. She grew up learning to help others no matter what race or religion. By the time WW2 started she was 30 and had very strong opinions about treating someone differently because of their religion or race. Many of her friends were sent to the ghetto and thousands of children, the ghetto was jammed full with deceases everywhere. What awaited them was death.
Irena Sendler knew 'The only way to save them was to get them out'. Almost everyday she would enter the ghetto with a plan in mind, to save as many life's as she could. Getting the children out of the ghetto was the hard part, not just for her but for the children. Many of the children weren't lucky enough to ride in a truck, the had to hide in a toolbox or a suitcase, anything that would hide the fact that babies of toddlers were in them.
Up until the day Irena Sendler got caught she had saved around 2,500 children from the ghetto. She stood up for what she believed in almost everday during WW2 knowing that one day she might get caught. She faught for her beliefs in scilence, a way that many people can't because the simply didn't know it was possible. Most people that silently fight don't get recognized simply because no-one knows what they did to help people one by one. They saved life's.
I think Irena Sendler was an amazing person, she fought for equality, something our world really needs. I know not everyone is stereotypical or racist but many people are and thats one of the many things that stop our world from achieving peace. Even though WW2 was a long time ago it still is worth something. Without people like Irena many people would be dead. I think Irena is an inspiration because she helped out as much as she could and did her part in saving the jews from the ghetto, something most people at that day in age wouldn't dare. Yes it was a risk but one worth making.
