Puerta de Tierra in San Juan in Municipio de San Juan, Puerto Rico — The Caribbean (The West Indies)

Irena Sendler

Polonia - Poland

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), June 7, 2023

1. Irena Sendler Marker

Inscription.
Irena Sendler desafió a los nazis y salvó a dos mil quinientos niños judíos. Como trabajadora social, tenía acceso al gueto. Sacaba de contrabando a los niños del Gueto de Varsovia y les buscaba familias no judías que los adoptaran. Anotaba en código el nombre original de los niños y sus nuevas identidades temporeras Escondía los expedientes en jarras de cristal, las cuales enterraba debajo de un manzano, con la esperanza de algún día poder localizar a los niños e informarles de su pasado. En el 2008 Irena Sendler fue nominada para el premio Nobel de la Paz.
"Pude haber hecho más. Este pensamiento me sigurirá por el resto de mi vida".

Irena Sendler defied the Nazis and saved two thousand five hundred Jewish children, smuggling them out of the Warsaw Ghetto. As a social worker she had access to the ghetto and sneaked the children out to the safe hiding places and adoptive non-Jewish families. She kept the record of their original names and their new identities in code, and hid them in jars, which she buried beneath an apple tree. Irena's hope was to someday locate the children and inform them of their past. In 2008 Irena Sendler was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
"I could have done more. This regret will follow me to my death."

Erected 2012.
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Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public Work • Peace • War, World II • Women. A significant historical year for this entry is 2008.

Location. 18° 27.962′ N, 66° 6.392′ W. Marker is in San Juan in Municipio de San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is in Puerta de Tierra. It is on Avenida de la Constitución (Puerto Rico Route 25) west of Calle Reverendo Gerardo Dávila, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Avenida de la Constitución 155, San Juan PR 00901, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is one of the Greater Antilles on the Caribbean Sea, on in the Atlantic Ocean, in North America, in the Western Hemisphere, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Miep Gies (here, next to this marker); Oskar Schindler (here, next to this marker); George Dilsizian (here, next to this marker); Frieda Adam (here, next to this marker); Camino de los Justos / Path of the Righteous (here, next to this marker); The Kolkowska Family
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), June 7, 2023

2. Irena Sendler Marker
(here, next to this marker); Helena Blaszczyk (here, next to this marker); The Bilecki Family (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in San Juan.

Credits. This page was last revised on January 2, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 17, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 185 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 17, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.