A new group has been formed to promote the “living legacy” of Dumfriesshire World War II heroine Jane Haining.
Yesterday marked Holocaust Memorial Day and it was revealed that the Jane Haining Project is developing plans to launch a national essay writing competition in Scottish secondary schools and a digital heritage trail app that would include her links to Dunscore, Dumfries, Glasgow and Paisley.
Miss Haining’s selfless bravery in protecting children in her care at the expense of her own life – she died in Auschwitz – has led to her being posthumously awarded a Heroine of the Holocaust medal by the UK Government.
