Mary Elmes

Mary Elmes
Born
Marie Elisabeth Jean Elmes[1][2]

5 May 1908[1][2]
Cork, Ireland[1][2]
Died(2002-03-09)9 March 2002
(aged 93 years, 308 days)
Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales France[3][4]
Known forSaving Jewish children from the Nazis, and being the only Irish person to receive the Righteous Among the Nations award
SpouseRoger Danjou[2]
Children2[1]
Signature
Righteous
Among the Nations
By country

Marie Elisabeth Jean Elmes (5 May 1908 – 9 March 2002)[2] was an Irish aid worker credited with saving the lives of at least 200 Jewish children at various times during the Holocaust, by hiding them in the back of her car.[1][2][4] In 2015, she became the first and only Irish person honoured as Righteous Among the Nations by the State of Israel, in recognition of her work in the Spanish Civil War and World War II.[1][5][6][7]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Finn, Clodagh (17 September 2016). "Meet Mary Elmes: The Irish woman who saved children from the horror of WWII concentration camps". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Wilson, Bernard (28 April 2012). "Mary Elmes 1908 – 2002". Toulouse Quakers. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
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  4. ^ a b Forsythe, David. "The incredible life of Mary Elmes, Ireland's "Righteous Among the Nations"". westcorktimes.com. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  5. ^ "Cork woman receives first Irish honour for saving Jewish victims of the Holocaust". The Irish Times. 15 May 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  6. ^ Sheridan, Colette (14 September 2016). "New play tells of the Cork woman who helped Jewish children escape the Nazis". Irish Examiner. Dublin. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
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