Else Hirsch

Deceased Person

1889 –

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Who is Else Hirsch?

Else Hirsch was a Jewish teacher in Bochum, Germany and a member of the German Resistance against the Third Reich. 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.

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Born
Jul 29, 1889
Bützow
Nationality
  • Germany

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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