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Martin Creasy, Fleet, Hampshire

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SILENT SAVIOUR Rosalyn is on the lookout for more unsung saviours of World War II like Irena Sendler – us too!

HIDDEN HEROES

I was interested in Pat Kinsella’s article about one of the saviours of Jewish children during World War II, Irena Sendler (February 2018 . It seems that there are still many unsung heroes and heroines of the war – for example, it was only recently that I heard about Sophie Scholl and the White Rose resistance group, who lost their lives spreading news of the war crimes in Nazi Germany.

Many more stories will surely be lost, since no one has survived to tell them. After all, it took many rejections before Anne Frank’s diary, the source of much deeper understanding of how Jews experienced life in those times, was discovered by publishers and made known to the world.

“The article brought home how sheer luck saved the lives of so many important people”

The article also brought home how sheer luck saved the lives of so many important people in the world, from Irena Sendler to Miep Gies, who escaped arrest merely because she was Viennese, like the policeman who was going to arrest her. Without these people, whose selflessness in caring for and saving others in times of need put themselves at risk, the world would be a much colder place. World War II may have ended 73 years ago, but it is amazing how much it is still relevant and a ects life today.