Bertha Bracey | |
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Born | 1893 Bournville, Worcestershire, England |
Died | 1989 (aged 95) |
Occupation(s) | teacher, youth worker, aid worker |
Bertha Lilian Bracey (1893–1989) was an English Quaker teacher and aid worker who organised relief and sanctuary for Europeans affected by the turmoil before, during and after the Second World War. These included many Jewish children threatened by the Holocaust and rescued in the operation known as the Kindertransport. In 2010, she was recognised as a British Hero of the Holocaust.