Sofka Skipwith
Russian princess and Righteous Among the Nations · United Kingdom · On the map · Lived 1907 to 1994 · aged 86
Sofka Skipwith was a Russian princess who, after working for Laurence Olivier and being interned by the Nazis in France in World War II, worked to save Jews from the Holocaust.
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She was honoured for her efforts by both the British government and by Israel, where she has been named one of the Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem.