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    Violette Reine Elizabeth Szabo, GC (née Bushell; 26 June 1921 – c. 5 February 1945) was a British-French Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent during...
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  • agent Violette Szabo, GC, who was captured and executed while serving in Nazi-occupied France. Szabo was played by Virginia McKenna. Violette Bushell...
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  • crash in Canada. On 24 March 1944, the poem was issued by Marks to Violette Szabo, a British agent of Special Operations Executive who was eventually...
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  • (1890–1968), sometimes spelled Violette, actress in German silent films Violette Spillebout (born 1972), French politician Violette Szabo (1921–1945), British Second...
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  • story was inspired by a real-life secret agent/saboteur Violette Szabo. Born in Dorset, Violette Summer (voiced by Melinda Y. Cohen) grew up in a happy...
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  • Many women agents such as Odette Hallowes or Violette Szabo were decorated for bravery, posthumously in Szabo's case. Of SOE's 41 (or 39 in some estimates)...
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    Carve Her Name with Pride (1958), playing Second World War SOE agent Violette Szabo. She was nominated for another BAFTA Award and was voted the fifth most...
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  • (SOE) Agents in France". nigelperrin.com. Retrieved 30 March 2016. "Violette Szabo - Special Operations Executive (SOE) Agents in France". nigelperrin...
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    village is the site of the Violette Szabo GC Museum, commemorating the life of World War II secret agent Violette Szabo. Szabo (nee Bushell) stayed occasionally...
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    Squadron. Group Captain Hugh Verity, author of We Landed by Moonlight. Violette Szabo GC of the SOE flew on her first mission into France from RAF Tempsford...
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  • Peter Smithers Dies at 92; Spy With a Green Thumb - New York Times 6-Violette Szabo memorial tour - World War Two Heritage Nigel West Ted Tinling, Designer...
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  • coach Violette Szabo (1921–1945), secret agent Zoltán Szabó, several people Zsuzsanna Szabó-Olgyai (born 1973), Hungarian pole vaulter Zsuzsanna Szabó (footballer)...
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    executed at Dachau on 13 September 1944; Denise Bloch, Lilian Rolfe and Violette Szabo executed by shooting at Ravensbrück on 5 February 1945, and Cecily Lefort...
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    Occitan: Celom) is a commune in the Corrèze department in central France. Violette Szabo, a 22-year-old British agent who was parachuted a second time into France...
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  • later used by agents, the most famous being one he gave to the agent Violette Szabo, The Life That I Have, which gained popularity when it was used in the...
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    Paul McCue and others. The unveiling was attended by Tania Szabó, the daughter of Violette Szabo, together with representatives from the US, Dutch and French...
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    accommodation and currently houses The Department Store bar and restaurant. Violette Szabo, an SOE secret agent during the Second World War and posthumous recipient...
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  • Hallowes (who was incarcerated and tortured, but survived the war), Violette Szabo and Noor Inayat Khan (these latter two perishing in captivity and decorated...
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  • Perspective, Dagnall Street (1988), and the Violette Szabo mural in Stockwell (2001). The Violette Szabo mural also commemorates the locals who gave their...
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  • such SOE agents as Pearl Witherington, Nancy Wake, Odette Hallowes and Violette Szabo. Catch Me If You Can (2002): In yet another Spielberg film, based on...
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    British forces were foreign born, including Albert Guérisse (Belgium), Violette Szabo (France), and Noor Inayat Khan (Russia). All three served within the...
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  • author Paul McCue and others. It was attended by Tania Szabó, the daughter of heroine Violette Szabo, together with representatives from the USA, Dutch and...
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  • Douglas Bader), Carve Her Name with Pride (1958) (the story of SOE agent Violette Szabo) and Sink the Bismarck! (1960). Gilbert directed Alfie (1966) starring...
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    Raymond, Lilian Bayliss, Edward Thomas, Vincent van Gogh (briefly), Violette Szabo, Joanna Lumley, Jerry Dammers, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Roger Moore, Roots...
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  • Devereux-Rochester LAMPLIGHTER - Francine Agazarian La P'tite Anglaise - Violette Szabo Latour, Marianne - Madeleine Latour Laurent - Arthur Steele Leblanc...
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    since 1939 in Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Murdered in 1952. Violette Szabo France 1921 1945 GC, CdeG 5 April 1944, parachute; 7 June 1944, parachute...
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  • Yvonne Rudelatt (1945) Roméo Sabourin (1944) Biswanath Sardar (1808) Violette Szabo (1945) Hannah Szenes (1944) Mohammad Abdullah (1871) assassination of...
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    hanging at Ravensbrück in February 1945: Denise Bloch, Lilian Rolfe, and Violette Szabo. Lefort was among 12 female British SOE F-Section agents who were executed...
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    executions of three British SOE agents: Lilian Rolfe, Denise Bloch and Violette Szabo. The first Ravensbrück trial opened on 3 December 1946, six days before...
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    Operations Executive (SOE): Denise Bloch, Cecily Lefort, Lilian Rolfe and Violette Szabo. Other victims included the Roman Catholic nun Élise Rivet, Elisabeth...
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