British War Correspondent Clare Holingworth Dies At 105 Years.
Veteran British war correspondent Clare Hollingworth has died in Hongkong at 105 years.
Hollingworth, born in Leicester City 1911 and died on January 10, 2017 was the first journalist to report on the invasion that led to the outbreak of World War Two.
Hollingworth, a rookie reporter at that time for The Daily Telegraph, stumbled upon "the scoop of the century" while travelling from Poland to Germany in 1939, when she spotted the German forces amassed at the Polish border. She scored another scoop when the Nazis launched their invasion three days later.
Prior to becoming a reporter, Hollingworth helped rescue thousands of people from Hitler's forces by arranging British visas for them. Those she helped remembered her as a grand lady who was in the right place at the right time.
The reporter narrowly escaped death herself in 1946 when a bomb blast destroyed the King David Hotel in Jerusalem. Nearly 100 people died in that explosion, from which she was just 300 yards away.
Hollingworth who is said to have set the trend for many war correspondents today, was one of the most celebrated war correspondents of her time, universally admired for her indomitable courage and integrity.
Hollingworth, born in Leicester City 1911 and died on January 10, 2017 was the first journalist to report on the invasion that led to the outbreak of World War Two.
Hollingworth, a rookie reporter at that time for The Daily Telegraph, stumbled upon "the scoop of the century" while travelling from Poland to Germany in 1939, when she spotted the German forces amassed at the Polish border. She scored another scoop when the Nazis launched their invasion three days later.
Prior to becoming a reporter, Hollingworth helped rescue thousands of people from Hitler's forces by arranging British visas for them. Those she helped remembered her as a grand lady who was in the right place at the right time.
The reporter narrowly escaped death herself in 1946 when a bomb blast destroyed the King David Hotel in Jerusalem. Nearly 100 people died in that explosion, from which she was just 300 yards away.
Hollingworth who is said to have set the trend for many war correspondents today, was one of the most celebrated war correspondents of her time, universally admired for her indomitable courage and integrity.