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On This Day

Posted by Karen on October 31, 2024, 9:45 am

1994 - The Duke of Edinburgh and his sister Sophie, Princess George of Hanover attended a ceremony honoring their mother, Alice, Princess Andrew of Greece & Denmark at Yad Vashem (the Holocaust Memorial) in Jerusalem, as "Righteous Among the Nations". The Duke said of his mother's action of sheltering Jews, ""I suspect that it never occurred to her that her action was in any way special. She was a person with a deep religious faith, and she would have considered it to be a perfectly natural human reaction to aid fellow beings in distress."

Re: On This Day

Posted by Carolyn on October 31, 2024, 10:58 am, in reply to "On This Day"

Thank you for the photo. I believe Philip and his sister had a very good relationship. She used to visit him in England and would ride with him in his carriages.

Their mother was a special woman.

Re: On This Day

Posted by Hollie24 on October 31, 2024, 1:41 pm, in reply to "On This Day"

Philip and Charles visited Alice's grave several times. Prince William has also visited it. I was surprised when Philip said that no one in the family had known Alice had sheltered members of the Cohen family and only found out about it when she was nominated for Righteous Among The Nations in Israel.

I think it's only fair to say that Alice had one hell of a life and I highly recommended Vickers' biography of her life.

Re: On This Day

Posted by Carolyn on October 31, 2024, 2:33 pm, in reply to "Re: On This Day"

I loved Vickers' book. I've read that he had a lot more material, but couldn't use it all.

I think one reason Alice was so successful was that she moved along largely ignored because of her hearing problem. She acted like a little old lady---which she was. When questioned by the authorities she acted like she didn't understand. I don't think she wanted to discuss what she did as she didn't think it was that unusual.

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