Irena Sendler

From FoxNews: Poland Honors Woman Who Saved 2,500 Children During Holocaust

"Every child saved with my help and the help of all the wonderful secret messengers, who today are no longer living, is the justification of my existence on this Earth, and not a title to glory," Sendler said in a letter read by Elzbieta Ficowska, who was saved by Sendler as a baby.

Let us never forget the brave actions of persons, like Irena, who risked their lives to protect others during a time of war.