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Else Hirsch
1889-07-29 – 1943-00-00
Life & Legacy
Else Hirsch (29 July 1889 – 1942 or 1943) was a Jewish teacher in Bochum, Germany, and a member of the German Resistance against Nazi Germany. She organized transports of Jewish children to the Netherlands and England, saving them from Nazi deportation to concentration camps and death. Hirsch perished in the Riga Ghetto, at the age of 53 or 54.
Occupation & Career
teacher
Sources & Provenance
- Wikidata population candidate Q96936 — wikidata View source
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