Paul Rosbaud
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Paul Rosbaud, was an Austrian-born metallurgist and scientific adviser for Springer Verlag in Germany before and during World War II. He continued in science publishing after the war with Pergamon Pre
Professor Victor Goldschmidt, the founder of modern geochemistry, was one of Rosbaud's contacts in Oslo. Goldschmidt was of Jewish and Bohemian background and in 1942 narrowly escaped deportation to Auschwitz.
Frank Foley
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Major Francis Edward Foley CMG was a British Secret Intelligence Service officer. As a passport control officer for the British Embassy in Berlin, Foley "bent the rules" and helped thousands of Jewish
Paul Rosbaud
…including that of the well known physicist Lise Meitner. He was assisted in his work saving Jews by the fact that he was being run as a British agent by Frank Foley, the MI6 station chief in Berlin. Eric Welsh and presumably also Foley were Rosbaud's contacts in SIS/MI6…
Plaque at the Embassy of the United Kingdom, Berlin, unveiled in 2020 by the Association of Jewish Refugees to honour the consular officials at the embassy
CMG award
Frank Foley signed visa from Berlin
The Norwegian Order of St Olav