Frank Foley | |
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Born | Francis Edward Foley 24 November 1884 Highbridge, Somerset, England |
Died | 8 May 1958 | (aged 73)
Nationality | English |
Employer | Government |
Spouse |
Katharine Eva (m. 1921) |
Major Francis Edward Foley CMG (24 November 1884 – 8 May 1958) was a British Secret Intelligence Service officer. As a passport control officer for the British Embassy in Berlin, Foley "bent the rules" and helped thousands of Jewish families escape from Nazi Germany after Kristallnacht and before the outbreak of the Second World War.[1] He is officially recognised as a British Hero of the Holocaust and as a Righteous Among the Nations.