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Today in World War II History—Oct. 20, 1943

Saturday, October 20, 2018 by Sarah Sundin
Irena Sendler, 1942 (public domain via Wikipedia)

Irena Sendler, 1942 (public domain via Wikipedia)

75 Years Ago—Oct. 20, 1943: United Nations War Crimes Commission is established.

Germans arrest Polish social worker Irena Sendler for smuggling 2500 Jewish children out of the Warsaw ghetto; she will be saved from her death sentence when Polish Resistance members bribe the guards to release her and mark her off as already executed.

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