Comments on: Irena Sendler: Female Oskar Schindler

By: Joy

Joy — Wed, 06 May 2009 02:22:54 +0000

Wow— I cannot believe Gore beat THAT! Of course she is right, though, because she wasn’t doing it for glory. All those babies and children she helped save is absolutely amazing! I have read of the horrors the Nazis did to babies and children.

By: Vicky

Vicky — Wed, 06 May 2009 01:20:47 +0000

I made the mistake of watching the Hallmark Hall-of-Fame movie about her a few weeks ago on TV. While it told the story well, it GRAPHICALLY portrays the scenes where she is tortured (more than one scene, and it shows the results of the torture). In my opinion, they could have accurately told the story without repeatedly showing this. Had it been a theater-film and rated R, I would have expected it, but not a TV movie (particularly since there was NO warning from CBS or Hallmark).

Aside from those scenes, I found the story to be amazing. And it made me stop and think “what more could I be doing for those who are hurting and don’t have a voice?” After the movie, they even have a short interview with her, which was great! Unfortunately, those are not the first things to comes to mind when I think of the movie weeks later.

I assume you are studying her with your children, so I’m sharing this in case you had heard of the movie and were considering showing it to them (particularly since Hallmark movies are typically “safe” for the whole family). I hate to give the movie a bad review publicly, but I figured you’d want to know. (and if you didn’t want to know, I’m really sorry for sharing the details here… please feel free to delete my comment).

By: kim

kim — Tue, 05 May 2009 17:23:19 +0000

I have not heard of this woman but I will definitely read this story! I love reading things like this! Yes, I would say that we have our priorities a little out of whack in this country!

Sorry for the chocolate tease! :0)

By: Dawn @ Olive Plants

Dawn @ Olive Plants — Tue, 05 May 2009 13:53:47 +0000

Oh, disregard my question. I followed the link and saw it was a web page you recommended. I have put it in my favs for next year. Thanks!

By: Dawn @ Olive Plants

Dawn @ Olive Plants — Tue, 05 May 2009 13:51:26 +0000

Thank you for this post. I am in the process of planning for next school year in which we will cover the 20th Century. My boys will be 9 and 10 when we cover WWII. Is the book you recommended okay for that age group to read?

By: Jamie

Jamie — Tue, 05 May 2009 12:35:38 +0000

Yes, indeed, I find this fascinating. Thank you for posting. She was an amazing woman. It is always a blessing teaching our children about such heroic figures.