Rose Valland

Rose Valland

female, deceased (1980)
French women writer, Isère, German, French Resistance member, French, Nazi Germany…Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, French Resistance, resistancememberofWorldWarII, Military of France, World War II
Rosa Antonia Maria Valland was a French art historian, a member of the French Resistance, a captain in the French military, and one of the most...
Lucie Aubrac

Lucie Aubrac

female, deceased (2007)
Lucie Samuel, bernard, Jewish person, resistancememberofWorldWarII, Raymond Aubrac, Libération-sud…French Resistance, French Resistance member
Lucie Samuel née Bernard, better known as Lucie Aubrac, was a French history teacher and member of the French Resistance. In 1939 Lucie Bernard, t...
Odette Sansom

Odette Sansom

female, deceased (1995)
World War II, French Resistance, ALLIED, English Channel, First World War, Order of the British Empire…War Office, resistancememberofWorldWarII, Member of the Order of the British Empire, French Resistance member
Odette Marie Celine Sansom, GC, MBE, Chevalier de la légion d'honneur, (April 28, 1912 - March 13, 1995) was an Allied heroine of World War II. O...
Helene Moszkiewiez

Helene Moszkiewiez

female
secret police, Jewish person, Jewish, Schutzstaffel, Resistance during World War II, resistancememberofWorldWarII…Belgian resistance member, Belgian Resistance, Inside the Gestapo A Jewish Woman's Secret War, World War II, resistance
During World War II, Helene Moszkiewiez worked within the Belgian Resistance and maintained three identities, Jewish, Belgian and German, working...
Cecily Lefort

Cecily Lefort

female, deceased (1945)
World War II, Scottish, French Resistance member, Croix de guerre recipient, underground resistance, Nazi concentration camp victim…resistancememberofWorldWarII
Cecily Margot Lefort (April 30, 1900 - May 1, 1945) was a heroine of World War II. Born in London of Scottish ancestry, Lefort lived on the coast...
Virginia Hall

Virginia Hall

female, deceased (1982)
World War II, from Maryland, Member of the Order of the British Empire, French Resistance member, Recipient of US Distinguished Service Cross, vichy…World War II spy, French Resistance, Order of the British Empire, resistancememberofWorldWarII
Virginia Hall MBE DSC (April 6, 1906 - July 14, 1982) was an American spy during World War II. She was also known by many aliases: "Marie Monin,"...
Violette Szabo

Violette Szabo

female, deceased (1945)
World War II, Member of the Order of the British Empire, French Resistance member, French, Croix de guerre recipient, Nazi concentration camp victim…World War II spy, battle of el alamein, Order of the British Empire, Second Battle of El Alamein, resistancememberofWorldWarII
Violette Reine Elizabeth Bushell Szabo, G.C., M.B.E., CdG (June 26, 1921 - c.February 5, 1945) was a World War II secret agent. Her wartime...
Jacqueline Auriol

Jacqueline Auriol

female, deceased (2000)
President of France, test pilot, French Resistance member, French, aviator, Légion d'honneur recipient…French Resistance, University of Nantes, resistancememberofWorldWarII, German occupation of France
Jacqueline Auriol was a French aviatrix who set several world speed records. Born Jacqueline Marie-Thérèse Suzanne Douet in Challans, Vendée, the...
Charlotte Delbo

Charlotte Delbo

female, deceased (1985)
French women writer, resistancememberofWorldWarII, from Ile-de-France, memoirist, French Resistance, auschwitz concentration camp…French Resistance member
Charlotte Delbo, (August 10, 1913- March 1, 1985), was a French writer chiefly known for her haunting memoirs of her time as a prisoner in...