Doreen warriner biography
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Doreen Warriner
English humanitarian and development economist
Doreen Warriner OBE | |
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Doreen Warriner (1940s) | |
| Born | Doreen Agnes Rosemary Julia Warriner 16 March 1904 Long Compton, Warwickshire |
| Died | 17 December 1972 (aged 68) |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Economist, scholar |
| Known for | Rescuing anti-Nazi Czech refugees |
Doreen Agnes Rosemary Julia WarrinerOBE (16 March 1904 – 17 December 1972) was an English development economist and humanitarian.
In October 1938, she journeyed to Czechoslovakia to assist anti-Nazi refugees fleeing the Sudetenland, recently occupied by Germany. She became the head of the British Committee for Refugees from Czechoslovakia in Prague which helped 15,000 German, Czech, and Jewish refugees escape Czechoslovakia while the country was being occupied and annexed by Nazi Germany in 1938 and 1939.
Told that she would be arrested by the Germans Warriner departed Czechoslovakia on 23 Apri Doreen Warriner: books, biography, latest update - MYJUL