plaque · Ireland

Mary Elmes (1908-2002)

Cork born Mary Elmes volunteered in the Spanish Civil War and later risked her life, in France, to save hundreds of Jewish children from deportation to Nazi gas chambers.

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Source: OpenStreetMap. Geographic data via OpenStreetMap.

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