About Frank Foley:
Frank Foley was an amazing man that saved many Jews. Read below to find out more.
Frank foley was born in Highbride, United Kingdom on Nov. 11, 1884.
Frank Foley was a veteran in World War One and survived, but retired and became a spy in a British secret agent. The company was the best in Britian.
The holocaust was when a mean man named Hitler had an evil plan to kill all the Jews. He gained control of many places. And had soliders named Nazi. You made everyone think that the Jews were bad. The Jews had to hide and if they were found they would be killed. And so would the people hidding them.
Frank Foley and his co-workers knew Hitler's plan before the outbreak of the war and that the concentration camps were not like they said. And they needed to do something and fast.
Frank used his job to let Jews escape. Frank would go undercover as a passport control officer, in British Embassy to provide necessary papers for the Jews to leave Germany. He would provide Visas and passports. Frank and his wife would even hide the Jews in there own home in till they could leave Germany. Frank would also sneek into concentration camps and let Jews out. One Jew is still alive today and said that Frank Foley saved him and his father in a camp. Frank Foley was threatend to be killed by the Nazi. Frank left when the war got worse, but he saved over 10,000 Jews. There is a book about him and saving the Jews.
Frank Foley was threatened by the Jews, but not killed by the Jews
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Frank Foley left Germany when the war was getting bad, but he saved 10,000 Jews and more.
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1958 was the year he died. People planted trees for his memory and 100 of those trees are Jews that were saved by him.
you can visit the memorial in Stourbridge, UK
"frank foley saved my life. We hEard that there was a Man named Foley and he was kind to the Jews. My mother beggged him. He paced a liTtle and then asked for my passport and Put a vIsa on it.
He didn't ask any questions. He was SMall and quit. You would have neVer know he was a spy."
I found my information from:
John Bryne. "Capt. Frank Edward Foley." Find A Grave. Feb24, 2015 < www. Findagrave.comcgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=15425897>
" 10 people who saved Jews during World War two." Listverse. Feb 23, 2015.< http://bit.ly/ljHa6k9>
" Francis Foley" The Righteous Among The Nations. March 2, 2015
John Bryne. "Capt. Frank Edward Foley." Find A Grave. Feb24, 2015 < www. Findagrave.comcgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=15425897>
" 10 people who saved Jews during World War two." Listverse. Feb 23, 2015.< http://bit.ly/ljHa6k9>
" Francis Foley" The Righteous Among The Nations. March 2, 2015