Watch Irena Sendler: In the Name of Their Mothers

During WWII, a group of young Polish women, some barely out of their teens, outfoxed the Nazis to save thousands of Jewish children from certain death. Over half a century later, 95-year-old Irena Sendler tells the true story, long suppressed in Communist Poland, of this daring conspiracy of women who risked their lives in the name of Warsaw's Jewish mothers.

Irena Sendler: In the Name of Their Mothers is a 2011 documentary with a runtime of 1 hour. It has received mostly positive reviews from critics and viewers, who have given it an IMDb score of 8.5.