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On this day in 1915, British nurse Edith Cavell was executed for her role in helping over 200 Allied soldiers escape to the Netherlands from Belgium during World War 1. Ms. Cavell, who was stationed at the Berkendael Institute, a nursing school that was converted to a Red Cross military hospital once the Great War broke out, was captured after several Allied soldiers were reported missing from the hospital. After roughly 10 weeks in solitary confinement, and despite the protestations of the United States government, who warned Germany of the potential repercussions of harming Ms. Cavell, she was led before a firing squad and shot to death at the age of 49. The night before her execution, she made peace with her impending death and the circumstances that led her to it, telling her pastor: "Patriotism is not enough, I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone." More »
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