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Sofka Skipwith (née Sophia Dolgorouky le 23 octobre 1907 [1] et morte le 26 février 1994 [2]) est une princesse russe. Après avoir travaillé pour Laurence Olivier et avoir été internée par les nazis en France pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale , elle œuvre à la protection des Juifs.
Sofka Skipwith (born Sophia Dolgorukova; 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.
Tenían dos hijos, Peter e Ian. En 1937 Sofka se divorció de su marido y contrajo matrimonio con Grey Skipwith, un inglés, que murió en 1942 durante su servicio activo en la Real Fuerza Aérea británica. El hijo de ambos, Patrick, había nacido en 1939. Cuando el ejército francés cayó derrotado en 1940 Sofka estaba en París.
Sofka Skipwith arbeitete vor dem Zweiten Weltkrieg als Assistentin des Schauspielers Laurence Olivier. Trotz des Kriegsausbruchs 1939 reiste sie in der Zeit des Drôle de guerre mehrfach und auch noch im April 1940 zu ihrer Mutter und ihrem Stiefvater nach Paris , konnte aber im Juni nach der deutschen Eroberung Frankreichs nicht mehr nach England zurückkehren.
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My first interest was in the Sir Laurence Olivier connection which was referred to in one of his biographies. Unexpectedly, I have found that the Skipwith book is very moving and a goldmine of anecdotal history lessons rather than just another "I was a former Princess in Old Russia before the Revolution."
Sofka Skipwith (born Princess Sophia Dolgorouky, St. Petersburg, Russia, 23 October 1907 – 26 February 1994 in Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, EnglandFrida Knight,, The Independent 8 March 1974.) 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; she was honoured for her efforts by both Israel and the British ...
