Ida Cook
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Biography
Ida Cook is the real name of author Mary Burchell. Together with her sister Louise, Cook spent countless hours working against the Nazis during World War II. The sisters, both daughters of civil servants, used their money and wits to rescue European Jews from the Nazis. In addition to being honored for her extensive work saving Jewish people from the Nazis, Cook also spent many years serving as president of the Romantic Novelists Association in the United Kingdom.
On the Web
- Safe Passage by Ida Cook - Dear Author reviews Ida Cook's account of her real-life efforts to save Jews from the Nazis. (February 2009)
- Rescue Romance - Telegraph story on the Cook sisters (July 2007)
