Violette Szabo

Violette Szabo
Violette Szabo c.1944
Born(1921-06-26)26 June 1921
Paris, France
Died5 February 1945(1945-02-05) (aged 23)
KZ Ravensbrück, Germany
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
BranchAuxiliary Territorial Service
First Aid Nursing Yeomanry
Service years1941–1945
RankEnsign
UnitSpecial Operations Executive
F Section
ConflictsSecond World War
AwardsGeorge Cross
Croix de Guerre (France)
Resistance Medal (France)

Violette Reine Elizabeth Szabo, GC (née Bushell; 26 June 1921 – c. 5 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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