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Johanna Francis watched the Nazis take Amsterdam, her wealthy family active in the resistance, sheltering a Jewish family and running an underground newspaper despite the Gestapo HQ in their street. After the war, she married a penniless Welsh farmer and theirs was a truly remarkable love story. 57 photographs.
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Johanna Francis
Johanna Francis (née Dooyeweerd) was born in Amsterdam in 1936 to an extremely well-to-do family, daughter of one of the most famous philosophers of all time. She survived Nazi occupation in World War II and went on to marry a penniless Welsh farmer in an incredible love match that lasted for the rest of their lives. She died in 2021 at her farm in Wales, after a singularly devoted and extraordinary relationship.
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