Irene Sendler saved around 2400 children from the Jewish ghetto by pretending she was a plumber. She would go into the ghettos and smuggle children out. She would use her tool box to smuggle out babies and she had a dog that she trained to bark when the Gestapo police were near. After she smuggled them out she kept their name in a jar buried in her back yard, hoping to reunite them with their parents later on. The site Life In A Jar gives more details of her story. Here’s a picture of this lovely lady.
She was a nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize. Here’s a site that tells more of this amazing woman’s story. There is a play being performed in different areas of the U.S. Here’s its schedule.