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Violette Szabo
1921–1945
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- spy
Violette Reine Elizabeth Szabo, GC (née Bushell; 26 June 1921 â c.â5 February 1945) was a British-French Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent during the Second World War and a posthumous recipient of the George Cross.
Incarceration history
Facilities
- Ravensbrück concentration campDates unknown
- Maison d'arrêt de FresnesDates unknown
Biography
Violette Reine Elizabeth Szabo, GC (née Bushell; 26 June 1921 â c.â5 February 1945) was a British-French Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent during the Second World War and a posthumous recipient of the George Cross. On her second mission into occupied France, Szabo was captured by the German army, interrogated, tortured, and deported to Ravensbrück concentration camp in Germany, where she was executed.
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