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Mary Elmes
Irish aid worker · Ireland · On the map · Business Professionals · Lived 1908 to 2002 · aged 93
Marie Elisabeth Jean Elmes was an Irish aid worker credited with saving the lives of at least 200 Jewish children at various times during the Holocaust, by hiding them in the back of her car.
Mary Elmes is read about 40 times a day, in 9 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 31 October 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 136 days, one point a day.
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About this person
In 2015, she became the first, and to date 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.
Country
Ireland
Category
Business Professionals
Type
Business Professional
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1908 to 2002 · aged 93
