Sofka Skipwith
Sofka Skipwith | |
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| Righteous Among the Nations British Hero of the Holocaust | |
Sofka Skipwith (c. 1925) | |
| Born | Princess Sophia Petrovna Dolgorukova 23 October 1907 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire |
| Died | 26 February 1994 (aged 86) Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, England |
| Noble family | Dolgorouky |
| Spouses | Leo Zinovieff Grey d'Estoteville Townsend Skipwith |
| Issue | Peter Zinovieff Ian Fitzlyon Patrick Skipwith, 12th Baronet Skipwith |
| Father | Prince Peter Dolgorouky |
| Mother | Countess Sofia Alekseevna Bobrinskaya |
| Occupation | Stenographer |
| Righteous Among the Nations |
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| By country |
Sofka Skipwith (born Sophia Petrovna Dolgorukova, Russian: Софи́я Петро́вна Долгору́кова; 23 October 1907 – 26 February 1994) was a Russian princess who, after working for Laurence Olivier and being interned by the Nazis in France in World War II, worked to save Jews from the Holocaust. She was honoured for her efforts by both the British government and by Israel, where she has been named one of the Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem.