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Foley studied at a Roman Catholic seminary in Poitiers. However, the "freedom and excesses of student life made him reconsider his suitability for the priesthood and he decided instead on an academic career".
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Words matter, but ones actions are vital when human need becomes evident to the witness of life's daily horrors.
In 1933 Frank Foley was Berlin station chief for the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) masquerading as head of the British Consulate-General's passport division tasked with issuing passports, and visas.
Frank Foley managed to save the lives of some 10,000 German Jews ensuring their departure from Germany to settle in other lands.
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5329365/MI6-tribute-spy-saved-10-000-Jews-Nazi-Germany.html
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Journalist Michael Smith, who first uncovered Mr Foley's incredible story after being tipped-off by a MI6 contacts, previously said: 'He was very moralistic. He'd been brought up a Catholic by his mother and studied to be a priest.
'To him the whole Hitler regime was anathema - he said it was the rule of the devil on earth'.
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Heroes more often, or not remain silent knowing that their courageous, humanitarian actions need no rewards.
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