Poland honours woman who saved 2,500 Jews

Poland’s parliament today honoured Irena Sendler, a 97-year-old credited with saving 2,500 Jews during the Holocaust, at a ceremony during which the country’s president said she deserved the Nobel Peace Prize.

At a special session, members of the Warsaw Senate – the upper house of parliament – unanimously approved a resolution honouring Sendler and the Polish underground Council for Assisting Jews.