Mar 16, 1921: On this date, future Special Operations Executive agent Didi Nearne was born. She, her sister, and her brother all worked for the SOE. Didi was a radio operator using the code name “Rose.” She transmitted messages for the SPIRITUALIST, MUSICIAN, and FARMER circuits. (1/2)
Didi Nearne was arrested July 25, 1944 after the Nazis detected her radio transmissions. She was tortured at Paris Gestapo headquarters & sent to Ravensbrück. After transfer to a forced labor camp in Silesia, Nearne escaped on foot as she was marched through a forest. She survived the war, worked for 30 years as a nurse telling no one of her wartime secrets, & died Sep 2, 2010. (2/2)
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https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/oct/13/eileen-nearne-obituary
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