STOURBRIDGE - Key Persons

We had Royalty again in Mary Stevens Park, Stourbridge in September 2018, Prince William visited to celebrate the statue of Frank Foley, the spy who saved 10,000 Jews in World War Two. Prince William's grandmother, the Queen, also visited Mary Stevens Park in 1957. William visited on Tuesday 18th September, large crowds assembled to welcome him and he was seen chatting to local families before and after the official ceremony. In reality Frank Foley saved the lives of far more Jews than Oscar Schindler, yet for many years he was virtually unknown, living quietly in the Norton area of Stourbridge. The plaque above can be seen at the entrance to Mary Stevens Park in Stourbridge in recognition of the late Frank Foley, the Stourbridge man who saved thousands of Jews in World War 2. The plaque was unveiled on 27 January 2004, Frank Foley was a secret service agent who posed as a passport officer in Berlin, issuing fake documents to around 10,000 Jews, saving them from almost certain death in the Nazi concentration camps. Frank Foley did not recieve any form of payment for his bravery, nor did he even enjoy any diplomatic immunity, he lived most of his life in Stourbridge and died in 1958 and is buried at Stourbridge Crematorium.