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CarveHerName

Very early , 6 Apr 1944, Lillian Rolfe and Violette Szabo separately arrive in occupied France to work for the British Special Operations Executive (SEO). Rolfe is a wireless operator, Szabo a courier.

Szabo returns to the UK at the end of April but goes back to France in June 1944 and is captured. Rolfe is captured in July 1944.

They are executed together, by shooting, in Ravensbrück concentration camp in Feb 1945.

photo of Lillian Rolfe. She is a white woman with dark hair
photo of Violette Szabo. She is a white woman with darkish hair
#WomenInHistory#WorldWar2#History
Apr 06, 2024, 08:00 AM·Public·Fedica
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Andreas Klumpp

@CarveHerName So sad - Allied landed in june 6, 1944; Paris was free in august 25, 1944 and Strassbourg in november 23, 1944.

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