e rescued children would then be placed in Catholic convents, rectories, and orphanages throughout Poland. Sendler rescued 400 children in this manner, and a team of 30 women who worked under her saved several thousand more. In 1943 she was arrested by the Gestapo, tortured, had both legs broken, and was condemned to death. Zegota was able to bribe guards to dump her in the woods outside the prison and list her as having been executed. Irena then lived in hiding but continued her rescue work for the remainder of the war.