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Edith Cavell, a British nurse stationed in Belgium, found herself in the midst of war-torn Europe as World War I erupted. Despite the dangers, she turned her nursing school in Brussels into a sanctuary for wounded Allied soldiers. Cavell, together with a network of Belgian resistance, masterminded a daring operation. She helped these soldiers escape from behind enemy lines to the neutral Netherlands, right under the noses of German troops. Her covert activities included hiding soldiers in ambula

Edith Cavell was a British nurse working in Brussels when Germany occupied the country in 1914 during World War I. She treated everyone who came through her hospital doors, British, French, Belgian, and even German soldiers. To her, nationality did not matter. A wounded man was simply a patient. But behind the scenes, she became involved in an underground escape network. She sheltered Allied soldiers in her home, helped provide them with money and false identity papers, and assisted in moving th