Czech capital hopes award will rescue Jewish aid worker Marie Schmolka from obscurityAn aid worker who helped refugees flee the Nazis is to be honoured by Prague in a move historians hope will rescue her name and heroic deeds from obscurity.Marie Schmolka will be awarded honorary citizenship of her native city by the local municipality in recognition of what experts describe as a central role in saving large numbers of Jews and opponents of Hitler before the second world war. Continue reading…
Via: Prague to honour little-known saviour of refugees fleeing Nazis

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