I lived too short a life

The fascinating life of Countess Nora Kinsky

Countess Nora Kinsky, born in 1888, grew up in Bohemia and was raised entirely in the tradition of the Imperial and Royal high aristocracy. Her family expected Nora to take her proper place in society, but the young lady developed according to her own ideas about her future life. In the midst of the First World War, Countess Nora Kinsky set off for Siberia to help prisoners of war as a Red Cross nurse. A stay originally planned for a few months became a long-term experience filled with illness, hunger, cold and terror, as well as a path to a new life…