María Edwards
María Edwards | |
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| Born | María Edwards McClure 11 December 1893 Santiago, Chile |
| Died | 8 June 1972 (aged 78) Chile |
| Occupation(s) | Social worker, nurse |
| Spouses | Guillermo Errázuriz (died 1922)Jacques Feydeau (div. 1926) |
| Children | María Angélica Errázuriz |
| Parent(s) | Agustín Edwards Ross María Luisa McClure |
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María Edwards de Errázuriz (née María Edwards McClure or María Errázuriz; 11 December 1893 – 8 June 1972) was a Chilean social worker and Catholic nurse who was honored in November 2005 at
Life and career
María Edwards was born in
During the German occupation of Paris, she worked as a volunteer nurse at the Hôpital Rothschild. While working there, she joined the French Resistance, and helped, many times by risking her own life, to rescue Jewish children who had been separated from their parents and were sentenced to be sent to the concentration camps to be eliminated.[1] She was arrested, interrogated and tortured several times by the Gestapo, but was able to escape death thanks to her background and diplomatic relations.
On September 2, 1953, María Edwards was awarded the
Additional information
See also
- Agustín Edwards Mac Clure
- Edwards family
Notes
- ^ Entregarán condecoración a chilena que salvó a niños judíos en París (in Spanish) Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine Reshet Magazine retrieved June 21, 2008
External links
- María Edwards at Yad Vashem website
