snopes.com: Irena Sendler

snopes.com: Irena Sendler A heartning story of goodness in the world.  A woman who saved babies and small children from the gas chambers in Germany during the 2nd World War.  She did not win the Nobel Prize, but others who had less to contribute to the world, than this outstanding bravery, have won.  What has become of the Nobel Prize when a woman like this is rejected?
  A movie available from Amazon.