Mary Elmes, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mary Elmes

Irish aid worker

Date of Birth: 05-May-1908

Place of Birth: Cork, Munster, Ireland

Date of Death: 09-Mar-2002

Profession: businessperson

Nationality: Ireland

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Marie Elisabeth Jean Elmes (5 May 1908 – 9 March 2002) was an Irish aid worker credited with saving the lives of at least 200 Jewish children during the Holocaust, by hiding them in the boot of her car.
In 2015, she became the first and 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.