British Forces
Violette Szabo, operative of the British SOE, unluckily captured in the Limousin by 2 SS Panzerdivision "Das Reich" in the course of its chaotic march to Normandy, June 1944 - at a road-block set up as part of the effort to recover Sturmbannfuhrer Helmut Kampfe (whose capture by the Resistance led to the Oradour-sur-Glane massacre). Handed over to the Gestapo for "interrogation". Subsequently transferred to Ravensbruck - the "womens' concentration camp" - where she was executed sometime in February 1945. She was 23 years' old. Posthumous honours - George Cross (UK); Croix de Guerre (France); Médaille de la Résistance (France); OBE (UK); Roll of Honour of the SOE (UK/France). Best regards, JR.
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4/28/2010