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Sofka was abandoned by her mother. She was raised by her very strict grandmother.
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Sofka was born in St Peters-burg. Both her father, Prince Peter Polgorouky, her mother, and Sophy Brobrinska were all members of leading the Russian nobility.
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Sofka attended the Queen's College in London.
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The " Marco Polo Bridge Incident " happened, which led to the ever so lasting war between Japan and China.
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During World War 2, Sofka was interned by the Nazis. Sofka worked for the French Resistance also.
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Sofka spent World War 2 in a Nazi internment camp before she became a prominent Chelsea Communist.
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While Sofka was in the camp, she helped dozens of prisoners escape, also smuggled secret messages from the people inside the camp to their family's on the outside. She sent the messages in toothpaste tubes and fruit boxes.
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Hitler attacks Russia using Operation Barbarossa.
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The day Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese.
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U.S. and Britain declare was on Japan.
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Sofka was told by camp authorities that Grey ( husband ) was killed in combat. She was deeply upset, she wanted to die. She then decided to start helping other people.
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During World War 2, Sofka was sent back to England after saying no to the earlier opportunities to try to continue to help the poles.
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When Germans were checking passports of the Jews that Sofka helped escape, the Germans came to the conclusion that the paper work was fake. They were at risk of being sent back to the camp.
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The day the United States invaded Normandy.
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After Sofka saved many Jews from the camp, she then tried to help them become 'someone else'.
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Madeleine and Sofka used contacts to the resistance movement to organize getting many children out of the Nazi Internment camp.
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When the French Army got defeated, Sofka was arrested by the Germans. Sofka then was put into a prison camp.
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Sofka and Madeleine White helped pass out fake documents to over one hundred Jews. Having the fake documents helped them stay out of the concentrations camps.
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All of the people Sofka helped ended up getting deported to concentration camps. Sofka did manage to save only one infant.
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Sofka was elected Righteous Among the Nations for her bravery.
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