Clodagh Finn: The forgotten Cork woman imprisoned in Nazi concentration camps

New archival discoveries reveal the story of a Cork woman held in Ravensbrück, and why remembering her matters today

The memorial sculpture at Ravensbrück, which is north of Berlin.

Sat, 24 Jan, 2026 - 20:36

Clodagh Finn is a journalist, writer and collector of stories. Her recent book, The Irish in the Resistance, co-authored with John Morgan, shines a light on the forgotten contributions of the Irish who resisted Hitler during WW2.

The only image we have of Cork woman Elisabeth Boslooper is the one conjured up in the document filled out when she was imprisoned at Ravensbrück, Hitler’s barbaric concentration camp for women situated some 90km north of Berlin.

It tells us that she was born in Cork on November 11, 1923, and, at the time of her detention, she was a well-built woman of 165cm with brown hair, brown eyes, an oval, full face, and a snub nose.