Edith Cavell , a British nurse in Brussels, was shot by the Germans for helping Allied soldiers to return to their country in 1915 By the military law of almost all countries the Germans were wholly justified in their action. but the indignation which her death evoked has never really subsided. Perhaps she also had her judges in mind when she said ' Patriotism is not enough.'
This programme of eye-witness accounts from those who worked with her is made available by the transcription service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
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