Photo by The Associated Press

Megan Stewart-Felt, right, playing the part of Irena Sendler, tries to convince Jaime Walker, playing a Jewish mother, to give up her children during a rehearsal of "Life in a Jar" Friday, Nov. 30, 2007 in Fort Scott, Kan. The play celebrates the life of Sendler who helped rescue 2,500 children from the Warsaw ghetto during the Holocaust more than 60 years ago.

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