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She’d known that being rejected as a Foreign Service Officer didn’t mean she was washed up. She knew that she still had work to do. The Cold War was about to begin.

“Barbie had created a name for himself by systematically subjecting thousands in France to the worst Nazi torture available. So, it was no wonder he’d earned himself the title of “the Butcher of Lyon.”

“May we one day meet in a world that’s free of tyranny, where our stories of bravery and sacrifice serve as reminders of the indomitable human spirit.” Noor Inayat Khan

“She’s completely indiscreet. She doesn’t even bother to dispense with putting milk in her tea. It would be a dead giveaway of her instantly in occupied territory.”

Noor, in every pulse of the radio waves, in every secret relayed, I feel an echoing resonance with spirits like yours. Odette Sanson

“If they kill me, they kill me physically, and that’s all; they won’t win anything…they’ll have a dead body, useless to them, but they will not have me because I will not let them have me. I felt it was my duty not to say anything.” ~ Odette Sansom

When her prediction that Germany would attack the Soviet Union came to pass on June 22, 1941, Intelligence was finally convinced of her loyalty.

Vitello, P. (2011, August 13). Nancy Wake, Proud Spy and Nazi Foe, Dies at 98. NY Times.

Ravensbrück. As she was herded alongside her trapped companions once again, everything Violette had heard about the hellish concentration camp played in her mind.

“My family has a soldier come to our home every year for Bastille Day. Would you care to join us tomorrow, Etienne?”