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In my fantasies, I was always caught up in heroic struggles, and I saw myself saving lives, sacrificing myself for others. I had far loftier ambitions than mere romance.

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You must understand that I did not become a resistance fighter, a smuggler of Jews, a defier of the SS and the Nazis, all at once. One's first steps are always small: I had begun by hiding food under a fence

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Irene Gut Opdyke

Irene Gut Opdyke

Born: May 5, 1922
Died: May 17, 2003 (aged 81)
Bio: Irene Gut Opdyke born Irena Gut was a Polish nurse who gained international recognition for aiding Polish Jews persecuted by Nazi Germany during World War II.

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