The Nun of Ravensbrück: The Irish Nun Who Defied the Nazis

from Oliver Callan · host RTÉ Radio 1

Cathi Fleming tells Oliver about an incredible historical novel which has a fascinating real-life story behind it; Irish nun Sister Kate McCarthy who was interned in Ravensbruck Concentration Camp during World War 2 and was part of the resistance movement that helped prisoners escape from the Nazis.

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