Barnet in Greater London, England, United Kingdom — Northwestern Europe (the British Isles)
Marie Schmolka (1893-1940)
Marie Schmolka was the only Czechoslovak representative at the Evian conference of July 1938, which focused on the Jewish refugee crisis. After the Munich agreement of September 1938, together with Doreen Warriner, she organised the Kindertransporte scheme that brought in Sir Nicholas Winton.
Schmolka was arrested by the Gestapo and gruelingly interrogated,her life at extreme risk. The Nazis exiled her to Paris, conditional upon her removing as many Jews as possible from Czechoslovakia. With the fall of France, she escaped to London, where she lived with the noted British Pacifist and Humanitarian, Mary Sheepshanks, in Gospel Oak, London. By now, her health had been broken by her extreme efforts to save Jews and others from the Nazis. She died, age 47.
Marie Schmolka saved thousands upon thousands of lives.
Czech Jewish feminist, social worker, and organizer of aid for refugees from Nazism. Chair of the Czech National Coordinating Committee for refugees that harbored tens of thousands of political refugees during the 1930s.
Erected 2021 by Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation, Marie Schmolka Society.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, World II . In addition, it is included in the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation., and the The Holocaust series lists.
Location. 51° 34.645′ N, 0° 11.65′ W. Marker is in Barnet, England, in Greater London. Marker is on Hoop Lane, on the right when traveling west. The marker is located on Holocaust rescuer wall outside the Hoops Lane Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 60 Hoop Lane, Barnet, England NW11 7NH, United Kingdom. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Reinhold Chrystman (here, next to this marker); Wilfrid Israel (here, next to this marker); Lt. Marcus R. Bloom (approx. 1.5 kilometers away); Toll Gate House (approx. 1.6 kilometers away); House of John Keats (approx. 3 kilometers away); George Orwell House (approx. 3.1 kilometers away); 63ft General Purpose Pinnace Mk. 1 (approx. 3.8 kilometers away); Invention of Stereo Sound Reproduction, 1931 (approx. 5.2 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Barnet.
Also see . . . Marie Schmolka (Wikipedia). (Submitted on December 17, 2021, by Jerry Klinger of Boynton Beach, Florida.)
Additional keywords. Holocaust
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