Muriel Gardiner's courage fighting fascism in Austria inspired an Oscar-winning film. Who was she?
Muriel Gardiner's interest in the work of Sigmund Freud took her to Vienna in the 1920s to study medicine. There, the wealthy American became part of the underground resistance in the fight against fascism, helping to save countless lives. Her courageous actions would help to inspire a film for which Vanessa Redgrave won an Oscar. What were the events that shaped this extraordinary life?
"She became quite interested in politics. Even when she was quite young she organised a kind of women's suffrage march." After attending the prestigious Wellesley College in Massachusetts, she studied at the University of Oxford before moving to Vienna in 1926 with her daughter Connie who was born during a short-lived marriage in England.
She enrolled at the city's university to study medicine but, before long, the socialists were swept aside by a fascist regime that hunted them down. Her work involved smuggling fake passports into Austria so that resistance fighters could flee the country.
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