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Very early #OnThisDay, 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.

#History #WomensHistory #WorldWar2 #Histodons #EuropeanHistory

Apr 6 at 10:26amWeb
Show threadAileen221d ago
@CarveHerName 🕯️🕯️
Show threadRegendans1d ago
According to this Wikipedia page a third women was there in the end, also captured and executed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denise_Bloch
Show threadCarveHerName20h ago
@regendans Yep. We feature Bloch on the day she arrived: our posts focus on what women did, not what was done to them. So this one is on the day two of the women arrived.
Show threadPlutonicXT1d ago
@CarveHerName which photo is which, please?
Show threadChildless Bambino 1d ago
@PlutonicXT @CarveHerName the ALT text on each photo says who is who. The one looking to left is Lillian, looking right is Violette
Show threadPlutonicXT1d ago
@kendricklmao8 @CarveHerName Thanks, I'm new to Mastodon, never noticed ALT. Violette looks a bit like Ingrid Bergman, a beauty and a saint.
Show threadChildless Bambino 23h ago
@PlutonicXT @CarveHerName no worries! Enjoy your time here!
Show threadCarveHerName20h ago
@PlutonicXT @kendricklmao8 we always use alt text! As well as meaning the images are described for people dependant on assistive tech like screen readers, it also means we don’t have to struggle as much to caption images in the post’s text.
Show threadRobin Barton1d ago
@CarveHerName One can only stand amazed at such courage
Show threadgwentlarry1d ago

@CarveHerName

There is a small museum in memory of Violet Szabo in Wormelow, near the Wales/England border. Established by Rosemary Rigby, Violet's aunt.

I keep meaning to go, living only 30 minutes drive away but the opening hours are very restricted.

https://violetteszabomuseum.org.uk/introduction

Violette Szabó GC Museum – Violette Szabó GC Museum - Introduction

THE ALLIED SPECIAL FORCES ASSOCIATION – Formerly the Special Forces Association – UK is dedicated to creating the ALLIED SPECIAL FORCES MEMORIAL GROVE at the NATIONAL MEMORIAL ARBORETUM which will commemorate the men and women who sadly lost their lives whilst serving with ALLIED SPECIAL FORCES during World War 2 and in the Conflicts since

Show threadHeinrich22h ago
@CarveHerName Thanks for sharing! One shall never forget their names!