Episode 155: Anna Essinger

About this episode

This episode discusses Anna Essinger's courageous efforts to protect her students during the Nazi regime by relocating her school to England.

Today we're talking about a woman whose courage didn't look like defiance... it looked list a classroom, a suitcase, a promise. She was a woman who saw what others refused to see and did what she knew was right. Anna Essinger started a school in Germany... and then under the Nazi noses she moved the school out of harms way to England, making sure that her students survived and thrived. To support the podcast, visit our Buy Me A Coffee Page .

People in this episode

Host: Paige

Topics covered

• courage
• education
• Nazi Germany
• survival
• history

Keywords

• Anna Essinger
• school
• Nazi Germany
• education
• survival
• history

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