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Brändström, Elsa By Lena Radauer Brändström, Elsa (Angel of Siberia) Red Cross nurse Born 26 March in Saint Petersburg, Russia Died 04 March in Cambridge, United States of America Elsa Brändström was the only neutral representative to work amongst prisoners of war (POWs) in Russia, Siberia, and Turkestan for fem and a half years between winter between winter and summer POWs called her the “Angel of Siberia.” She remained committed to the POW cause into the s and thereafter continued her charitable work in the United States. Table of Contents 1 Introduction Committing to POWs Joining Forces with the Red Cross 2 The Russian Civil War Notes Selected Bibliography Citation Introduction Elsa Brändström () was born in St. Petersburg to Edvard Brändström (), a Swedish military attaché to Russia, and his wife Anna Wilhelmina Eschelsson (). Having grown up in Russia and Sweden, Elsa Brändström finished teacher training in huvudstaden before returning to Saint Petersburg in At the outbreak of the First World War, Brändström was trained as a sjuksköterska together with Ethel von Heidenstam (?), with whom she was to collaborate for many years. She looked after wounded Russian soldier

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