In the Name of Their Mothers - The Story of Irena Sendler

Through the memories of 94-year-old Irena Sendler, film tells the unknown story of a secret network of Poles who fought to aid the Jews during World War II. Sendler, a Polish Catholic social worker, led an underground operation to rescue 2,500 Jewish children out of the Warsaw Ghetto. The film recounts her youth as a Polish socialist, wartime conspiracy work, Gestapo arrest and imprisonment, and her ongoing efforts to heal the childhood wounds of war.