Mary Elmes
(1908-2002)
Irish aid worker, Righteous Among the Nations
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Marie Elisabeth Jean Elmes (5 May 1908 – 9 March 2002) was an Irish aid worker credited with saving the lives of at least 200 Jewish children during the Holocaust, by hiding them in the boot of her car. 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.
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5 May 1908 Cork, Ireland
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9 March 2002 (aged 93) Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales France
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| Zodiac | Taurus |
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