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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1921-06-26 ) 26 June 1921, Paris , France
- Died
- 5 February 1945 (1945-02-05) (aged 23), KZ Ravensbrück , Germany
- Allegiance
- United Kingdom
- Branch
- Auxiliary Territorial Service , First Aid Nursing Yeomanry
- Service years
- 1941–1945
- Rank
- Ensign
- Unit
- Special Operations Executive , F Section
- Conflicts
- Second World War
- Awards
- George Cross , Croix de Guerre (France), Resistance Medal (France)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Elizabeth
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Levallois-Perret
- Place of death
- Ravensbrück concentration camp
- Occupation
- resistance fighter
- Employer
- Special Operations Executive
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- George Cross
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- Auxiliary Territorial Service
- Military rank
- ensign
- Image
- Violette Szabo IWM photo.jpg
- Height
- 164
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- date of birth
- 1921-06-26
- date of death
- 1945-02-05
- Commons category
- Violette Szabo
- name in native language
- Violette Bushell
- cause of death
- gunshot wound
- place of detention
- Fresnes Prison
- start of work period
- 1944-00-00
- military casualty classification
- killed in action
- birth name
- Violette Reine Elizabeth Bushell
- married name
- Szabo
- pseudonym
- Madame Villeret
- nickname
- La p'tite Anglaise
- manner of death
- homicide
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Encyclopedic overview
Violette Reine Elizabeth Szabo, GC (née Bushell; 26 June 1921 – c. 5 February 1945) was a British-French Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent during the Second World War and a posthumous recipient of the George Cross. On her second mission into occupied France, Szabo was captured by the German army, interrogated, tortured, and deported to Ravensbrück concentration camp in Germany, where she was executed.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Violette Szabo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.