Ryosley Nef is a nurse of the International Red Cross (IWC), the righteous of the world . [2]
| Ryosley Nef | |
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| Date of Birth | 1911 |
| Place of Birth | Glarus [1] |
| Date of death | 1996 |
| Place of death | Denmark |
| Citizenship |  Switzerland |
| Occupation | Red Cross |
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Biography
The ICC appointed Nef to take care of a group of children sent from Belgium to France so that they could remain safe during the war. The parents of these children did not know that France would also soon be occupied by the Nazis [3] . She worked in the Ariege department, on the territory of Vichy France. During the Holocaust [4], the Nave saved 90 [5] Jewish children and adolescents from death by providing them with shelter, saving even those who had already ended up in camps in France and organized crossing the Swiss border from deportation. For her activities she was dismissed from the IWC. After the war she lived in Denmark .
Interesting fact
- For three years, the Rosley Nef assisted Dr. Albert Schweitzer in Africa.
Recognition
- The movie The Chain was made about her in 1987.
- In France, the Nave and other heroes of the war in September 2014, a monument was erected near the Swiss border [6] .
Notes
- ↑ "Just Among the Nations" , AJPN.org ,
- ↑ Nave, Rösli - Yad Vashem (English)
- ↑ “Untold tales of courage and survival” , SFGate , May 23, 2004
- ↑ Thomas, Sandra P. PhD, RN, Transforming Nurses' Stress and Anger: Steps Toward Healing. (3rd Ed.) Springer Publishing (2009) p. 239
- ↑ Heberer, Patricia. Children during the Holocaust , Rowman Altamira (2011) pp. 368—369
- ↑ Gumpert, David E. "Switzerland Begins To Confront Its Own Holocaust Past" , Jewish Daily Forward , Nov. 5th, 2014