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Mabel Wulff, a Welsh woman who survived Nazi Germany, risked her life to protect the St Thomas à Becket Anglican Church in Hamburg, according to a plaque dedicated to her heroic acts. After hiding the church’s artwork to save it from damage and smothering fires, she also sheltered people to save their lives. Mabel Wulff was the caretaker of the church, which was visited numerous times by the Gestapo.
Mabel Phillips and Max Wulff married, and in 1911 and 1913, they welcomed two sons, Edward and Leonard, respectively. However, Max was seen as an enemy of the British government and was sent to prisoner of war camps in Lancaster and on the Isle of Man. During the 1940s, Mabel was the caretaker of the Church of England church known as the English church while living in Hamburg, where she faced much harassment from the Gestapo. She hid the Union flag and the British Legion flag and stored some of the church’s paintings and engravings, saving them from damage during the bombing of Hamburg.
Mabel Wulff was recognised for her bravery in 1956 with a British Empire Medal for her actions. Eddie Wulff, her grandson, has spent years trying to learn more about his grandmother’s life and is proud of her. Mabel Wulff’s bravery was noted by the Church of England officials in 1947, thanking her for the great personal danger that she put herself in, and a gold plaque is now up in the church outlining Mabel Wulff’s contribution to the German building during the Second World War.
Despite Mabel Wulff’s contributions to the history of both Hamburg and Newport, her story remained relatively unknown until recently. The plaque dedicated to her in St Thomas à Becket church in Hamburg reminds us of her bravery and actions
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