Name of Scottish missionary added to memorial wall at Auschwitz

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Cameron, L. (2026, September 3). Name of Scottish missionary added to memorial wall at Auschwitz. Evening Standard. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/auschwitz-scottish-budapest-church-of-scotland-jewish-b1295652.html

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Evening Standard · collected 2026-09-03 · by Lucinda Cameron

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Jane Haining, a Scottish missionary, has been added to a memorial wall at Auschwitz Birkenau Memorial and Museum's main exhibition. She was imprisoned and died at Auschwitz in 1944 after helping keep children safe during World War II. The museum has dedicated a section of the corridor to hundreds of prisoners whose registration photographs were not taken, including Haining. Her inclusion on the wall is seen as a way to restore individual names and identities to those who were persecuted, and to honor her legacy as a courageous woman who risked her life to save others.
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Jane Haining, a 47-year-old Scottish missionary, has been added to a memorial wall at Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum in Poland. She was arrested in 1944 while helping keep children safe in Budapest and was transported to the camp along with Hungarian Jews on May 14, 1944. Haining died six months before the camp's liberation in 1945, and her name has now been included in a section of the museum's main exhibition that restores individual names and identities to prisoners who were killed there. The section highlights the diversity of the prisoner population, which came from many different countries, communities, backgrounds, and groups. Haining's family members, including her niece Deirdre MacDowell, welcomed her inclusion on the wall, acknowledging its significance in remembering the victims of the Holocaust.

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Budapest Hungarian Jews Nazi Poland

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Haining PERSON · 6× Jane PERSON · 2× Jews NORP · 2× Budapest GPE · 1× Deirdre MacDowell PERSON · 1× Hungarian NORP · 1× Jane Haining PERSON · 1× Nazi NORP · 1× Poland GPE · 1× the Auschwitz Birkenau Memorial and Museum ORG · 1×

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Other relatives of Miss Haining – her nephew Kevin O’Brien and nieces Liz Harrigan and Patricia Audis – visited the exhibition this week during a study tour to Auschwitz which was organised by the Renfrewshire branch of the Unison trade union.
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🔮 She helped keep children safe until she was arrested in 1944 and was jailed in Budapest before being transported along with Hungarian Jews to the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in Nazi-occupied Poland on May 14 1944.
2026-09-03 · Evening Standard
Name of Scottish missionary added to memorial wall at Auschwitz · assertive framing

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Jane Haining is recognised in a section devoted to hundreds of prisoners for whom no registration photographs were taken. asserted
photographs → recognise → whom
She helped keep children safe until she was arrested in 1944 and was jailed in Budapest before being transported along with Hungarian Jews to the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in Nazi-occupied Poland on May 14 1944. uncertain
she → help → May
She died there on July 17, 1944, aged 47, around six months before the camp was liberated in 1945. asserted
camp → die → 1945
Her name has now been added to a section of the Auschwitz Birkenau Memorial and Museum’s main exhibition. asserted
name → add → exhibition
A spokesman for Auschwitz Birkenau Memorial and Museum said: “The corridor has two important purposes. “ asserted
corridor → say → purposes
It restores individual names and identities to people who were imprisoned and killed in Auschwitz, but it also helps visitors understand the complexity of the prisoner population. asserted
visitors → restore → population
“Prisoners came from many different countries, communities, backgrounds and groups. asserted
Prisoners → come → countries
“By presenting hundreds of individual names together, the exhibition shows both the scale of persecution and the diversity of the people who experienced the camp. asserted
who → present → camp
Members of Miss Haining’s family welcomed her inclusion on the wall. asserted
Members → welcome → wall
Deirdre MacDowell, Miss Haining’s niece, said: “To see Jane’s name on a permanent memorial wall makes one ask how is it that she came to be in Auschwitz? asserted
she → say → Auschwitz
“And that’s the beginning of her story and it can be told to all who ask about her. asserted
who → ’ → her
“Her story is humbling, full of compassion and kindness, and makes us think about how we live our own lives – it is a legacy for us all.” asserted
it → make → us
Other relatives of Miss Haining – her nephew Kevin O’Brien and nieces Liz Harrigan and Patricia Audis – visited the exhibition this week during a study tour to Auschwitz which was organised by the Renfrewshire branch of the Unison trade union. asserted
which → visit → union
Read More On Thursday, they took part in a memorial service at Auschwitz Birkenau to commemorate Miss Haining’s sacrifice outside block nine where she was held prisoner before her death. asserted
she → read → death
A Church of Scotland spokesman said: “It is very moving to see that Jane Haining’s name has been added to the corridor wall at Auschwitz and will help keep her memory alive for generations to come. asserted
name → say → generations
“It is more important than ever that people learn the lessons of history and do not make the mistakes of the past. asserted
people → learn → past
“Jane was simultaneously an ordinary and extraordinary woman, and her story is one of courage, heroism, decency and personal sacrifice, reminding us that when we feel powerless, there is always something that we can do. asserted
we → remind → that
Last November, a brass Stolperstein, “stumbling block”, in memory of Miss Haining was installed outside the former St Stephen’s Church building in Edinburgh. asserted
block → stumble → Edinburgh
Miss Haining is the only Scot to be recognised as “Righteous Among the Nations” at Yad Vashem World Holocaust Remembrance Centre in Jerusalem, for taking great risks to save Jews. asserted
Haining → recognise → Jews
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