Dina Perle

Dina Perle (f.d. Stiller, f. Poljakoff) was a Finnish Jew who, during the World War II served in the women's paramilitary organization, Lotta Svärd. She was a nursing assistant who helped tend to German wounded, and came to be greatly admired by her patients. For her services, she was awarded the German Iron Cross. She was one of the three Finnish Jews who were awarded with the Iron Cross. All three refused to accept it.

The other two were Leo "Loli" Skurnik and Capt. Robert Klass.

Dina et al. in The Telegraph.