Elise Saborovsky Ewert

[3] A year later, she and Ewert moved to Canada and was interned due to her political activities.

[3] They arrived in Brazil in March 1935 (under false names with American passports) and were fundamental to the establishment of the National Liberation Alliance in July.

[4] A few days later, President Getúlio Vargas declared it illegal and it became an underground organization dedicated to planning the government's overthrow.

[4] After the failure of the Brazilian communist uprising of 1935, they were arrested in Rio de Janeiro.

[5] Though some sources state that she escaped to France, Ewert most likely died in Ravensbrück concentration camp in 1939 or 1940.