No. 79467 dIed with her Children
Jane Haining was born in Dunscone near Dumfries in Scotland in 1897. She joined a Church of Scotland mission in Budapest. in 1932. She worked with 400 children, Christians and Jews.
Jane was back home in Scotland on leave when World War 2 broke out, She immediately returned to Budapest to help the Jewish children. Even after the Nazis invaded Hungary Jane stayed on to help the children.
Jane Haining was sent with some of her Jewish children to the death camp Auschwitz. No. 79467, Jane Haining, who refused to reject her children She died for her beliefs and was gassed on August 16th, 1944, at the age of 47.
Jane Haining is thought to be the only Scot to be slain in the Nazi death camps. She is remembered in the stained-glass windows of Queen's Park Church in Glasgow and at the Church in Dunscore.
Saturday we visited her grave. Big thanks to Solway tours for the visit.
Jane Haining was born in Dunscone near Dumfries in Scotland in 1897. She joined a Church of Scotland mission in Budapest. in 1932. She worked with 400 children, Christians and Jews.
Jane was back home in Scotland on leave when World War 2 broke out, She immediately returned to Budapest to help the Jewish children. Even after the Nazis invaded Hungary Jane stayed on to help the children.
Jane Haining was sent with some of her Jewish children to the death camp Auschwitz. No. 79467, Jane Haining, who refused to reject her children She died for her beliefs and was gassed on August 16th, 1944, at the age of 47.
Jane Haining is thought to be the only Scot to be slain in the Nazi death camps. She is remembered in the stained-glass windows of Queen's Park Church in Glasgow and at the Church in Dunscore.
Saturday we visited her grave. Big thanks to Solway tours for the visit.
