Sunderland sisters honoured on Holocaust Memorial Day

Ida and Louise Cook helped twenty-nine Jewish people flee Nazi Germany Credit: ITV Tyne Tees

Two sisters from Sunderland who risked their lives to save refugees are being remembered today on Holocaust Memorial Day.

Ida and Louise Cook helped twenty-nine Jewish people flee Nazi Germany. A commemorative plaque was unveiled today at their childhood home on Croft Avenue in the city.

Ida Cook from Sunderland helped twenty-nine Jewish people flee Nazi Germany. Credit: ITV Tyne Tees

Their family say the sisters would have been 'surprised and humbled' by the honour. They were recognised nationally as 'British Heroes of the Holocaust' in 2010.

In 2010 the Sunderland sisters were nationally recognised as British Heroes of the Holocaust'. Credit: ITV Tyne Tees