EVA SCHLOSS, aged 96
Anne Frank’s posthumous stepsister, she hid from the Nazis in Amsterdam but was betrayed. She then survived Auschwitz and spread the word about the Holocaust.
ANGELO GUGEL, aged 90
The invaluable personal attendant to three separate popes, he was present at an assassination attempt and witnessed a miracle, but kept the papal secrets.
ANDREE DUMON, aged 102
A trainee nurse who joined the Comet Line (Belgian Resistance), helping airmen escape. She was captured, tortured and sentenced to die – but didn’t – just.
KIKI HAKANSSON, aged 95
A model who won the first Miss World, facing the wrath of the Pope. She inadvertently caused a celebrity marriage and was an advocate for women’s rights.
JOACHIM AUERBACH, aged 93
Fleeing the Nazis as a child, he made a life in Britain, but always worked to help other people in a similar situation to his younger self.
ROSALINA NERI, aged 96
An actress and singer who looked similar to Marilyn Monroe, she attracted lots of attention and fame, forging a very successful career in her own right.
GALINA BROK-BELTSOVA, aged 99
Recruited to the air force when the Nazis invaded the USSR, she became part of the Night Witches and had many close shaves. After the war she joined the KGB.
ELIZABETH SELBY, aged 96
Fleeing Europe and the Nazis, she set up a photograph agency in London with her husband, which captured many famous images and supplied the world’s media.
MARCUS KLINGBERG, aged 97
A Polish Jew who fought for the Red Army in the war, he emigrated to Israel to become their leading scientist – but all along he was a spy for the USSR.
MICHEL SIFFRE, aged 85
A scientist who explored the effect of isolation on human beings by living underground in caves for long periods, leading to a new branch of science.
MARK WHEELER, aged 74
An American academic who lived in the UK, he became the expert on Yugoslavia, helping rebuild the country after its dissolution, working for the United Nations.
SYLVAIN SAUDAN, aged 87
An extreme skier, he completed 23 first descents of mountains, invented a new sport and skiing style and broke world records and cheated death on two occasions.
EWY ROSQVIST, aged 94
A vet who turned to rally driving, she was European Champion before winning a men’s endurance race. She never crashed or broke down. The greatest of all time?
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