 Elisabeth Eidenbenz

Elisabeth Eidenbenz, (Wila, Switzerland, June 12, 1913 - Zurich, Switzerland, May 23, 2011) was a teacher and a nurse and founder of the Mothers of Elne (also known as "Maternitat d'Elna" in Catalan, "Maternidad de Elna" in Spanish and "Maternité Suisse d'Elne" in French).Between 1939 and 1944, she saved some 600 children who were mostly the children of Spanish Republicans, Jewish refugees and gypsies fleeing the Nazi invasion.