Each day she entered the Ghetto & would leave with children in the back of her ambulance, in her toolbox, hidden under blankets, in sacks and even in caskets.

In 1943, after a year of rescuing children, she was arrested. Despite severe torture, Irena would not give up the identities of the children or the people she worked with and was sentenced to execution by firing squad. While in prison, Irena organized resistance efforts, such as cutting holes in the soldiers underwear they washed. For this act, she barely escaped death. After a final torture session, where her arms and legs were broken, Irena regained consciousness to find that the German guard had been bribed by her friends. The guard then marked her off as executed and put her in the woods to be rescued.

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