Ilse Stanley

Ilse Stanley
Born
Ilse Friedricke Davidsohn

(1906-03-11)March 11, 1906
Gleiwitz, Germany[1]
DiedJuly 19, 1970(1970-07-19) (aged 64)[2]
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Other namesIlse Davis (stage name)
Ilse Intrator
Ilse F. Stanley
CitizenshipGerman; American (1945)
Spouse(s)
Alexander Intrator
​
(m. 1932)​
[3]
Milton Stanley
​
(m. 1946)​
[4]
ChildrenManfred Stanley (1932–2004)
ParentMagnus Davidsohn

Ilse (Intrator) Stanley (née Ilse Davidsohn), ((1906-03-11)March 11, 1906 – (1970-07-21)July 21, 1970), was a German Jewish woman who, with the collusion of a handful of people ranging from Nazi members of the Gestapo to other Jewish civilians, secured the release of 412 Jewish prisoners from Nazi concentration camps between 1936 and 1938.[5][6][7]

During that time she also helped countless others leave the country while it was still possible for German Jews to do so legally. This story was sketched publicly in 1955 on Ralph Edwards's television program, This Is Your Life,[6] and is told in vivid detail in Stanley's autobiographical book, The Unforgotten, which was published in the United States in 1957.[8]

  1. ^ "Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History Records at Ancestry.com". Archived from the original on September 18, 2011. Retrieved September 18, 2011. New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, US: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.
  2. ^ "Ilse Stanley, 64, Rescued Jews From Nazi Prisons". The New York Times. 22 July 1970. pp. 40 (Deaths).
  3. ^ Unforgotten, p. 51
  4. ^ "Milton Stanley / Ilse Intrator-Stanley née Davidsohn / Married At home - Sunday, October 13, 1946 12-3 p m. 325 W. 771h St., N. Y. C." (PDF). Aufbau via freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-10-21. Retrieved 12 Nov 2008.
  5. ^ Auschwitz: Geschichte, Rezeption und Wirkung (Jahrbuch 1996 zur Geschichte und Wirkung des Holocaust), Fritz Bauer Institut, Frankfurt/Main u.a. Campus-Verlag, 1996 (ISBN 3593354411, ISBN 978-3-593-35441-5) (410 pages) mentions Ilse Intrator Stanley on pp. 384 and 401
  6. ^ a b directed by Axel Gruenberg, produced by Ralph Edwards Productions; executive producer Ralph Edwards; interviewer: Ralph Edwards; appearances: Ilse Stanley (als: Ilse Intrator Stanley), Maxine Stanley, Manfred Stanley, Erich Simonauer, Fritz Lang, Magnus Davidsohn, Hermance de la Bourdette Burstyn (November 2, 1955). "Ilse Intrator Stanley". This Is Your Life. Season 1955. Episode ID: FBW000156. NBC. Archived from the original on November 12, 2006. {{cite episode}}: External link in |credits= (help)
  7. ^ Reference to Ilse's This Is Your Life program. This episode can be watched at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYQTBwgGgdw .
  8. ^ Stanley, Ilse (1957). The Unforgotten. [Boston, Mass. USA]: Beacon Press. pp. 375 pp. ASIN B0007DQODW. LCC PN2658.S75 A3