17/02/2025
This week we're celebrating Princess Catherine (27 Oct 1871 - 8 Nov 1942) as part of . She was the second daughter of Maharajah Duleep Singh. She was a free thinker – an active member of the Women’s Rights movement and became a .
Catherine and her life partner, Lina Schäfer, moved to Germany in 1908 and set up house together. She remained in Germany until Lina’s death on August 26 1938 aged 79.
Upon the advice of her neighbour and accountant, Catherine then sold everything and returned to England via Switzerland in November of that year, but before leaving Germany she helped several Jewish families escape the Holocaust.