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Scots heroine of Auschwitz joins Brown's roll of honour
The forgotten [sic] story of the only Scot to have died in Auschwitz is to be revived by Gordon Brown in a new book being written by the Prime Minister on wartime courage.Wartime Courage: Stories of Extraordinary Courage by Ordinary People in World War Two
Jane Haining, who perished in Auschwitz in July 1944 alongside an estimated two million Jews, will be one of several subjects Brown is to highlight in the book, to be published later this year.
Born in Dumfriesshire in 1897, Haining was murdered by the Nazis after she admitted to having wept when seeing Jewish girls being forced to wear the yellow star of David.
Filmmakers and historians who are trying to honour Haining's forgotten bravery now hope that the book will inspire a fresh focus on someone they say deserves to be recognised as one of the greatest heroines to have emerged from the country.
Full story at Scotland on Sunday.
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