The daughter of Russian immigrants in Leeds, Simpson made it her life’s mission to help academic refugees. During WW2 alone, she saved 16 future Nobel Prize winners, 74 future Fellows of the Royal Society and 34 future Fellows of the British Academy.
Esther Simpson: The True Story of her Mission to Save Scholars from Hitler’s Persecution
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£22.00
Edition:Hardback978147214322806/07/2023
Categories: 01. Spring Books 2023: Biographical, Biography, Letters & Diaries, History, Spring Books 2023
Tags: Europe, Exiles and Émigrés, WW2
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