Else Hirsch

German-Jewish teacher, organized children's transports out of Nazi Germany

PersonDied aged 137humanQ96936

Born: July 29, 1889
Died: 1943
Birthplace: Bützow
Place of death: Riga Ghetto
Citizenship: German Reich
Occupation: teacher
Languages spoken, written or signed: German

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Else Hirsch 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.

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Sex or gender: female
Given name: Else
Place of detention: Riga Ghetto
Family name: Hirsch

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