Madeleine Albright

Another interesting fact…The daughter of Czech diplomat Josef Korbel, Madeleine Albright fled to England with her family after the Nazis occupied Czechoslovakia in 1939. Though Albright long believed they had fled for political reasons, she learned as an adult that her family was Jewish and that three of her grandparents had died in Nazi concentration camps. The family returned home after World War II ended but immigrated to the United States in 1948 after a Soviet-sponsored Communist coup seized power in Prague. Josef Korbel became dean of the school of international relations at the University of Denver, where he would later train another female secretary of state, Condoleeza Rice - (Day 99 inspirational woman of ours). (Courtesy History.com)

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https://www.biography.com/political-figure/madeleine-albright