Women Spies of the SOE: Tortured and/or Killed for Their Service

Denise Bloch: Tortured and shot in the back of the neck in Ravensbruck Concentration camp
Noor Khan: Tortured for codes, put in solitary confinement, beaten to death Ravensbruck Prison
Yolande Beekman: Beaten and taken to Dachau Concentration camp and shot in the neck.
Odette Churchill: Mother of 3 small children, tortured by the Gestapo with hot irons on her back, pulled out all her toenails, survived Ravensbruck to live to age 82
Violette Szabo: Crack shot, mother of 1, one of the toughest SOE agents, tortured and killed after a machine gun battle with Nazis
Jacqueline and Didi Nearme: Sisters in resistance, Didi was tortured for days by near drowning but escaped from Ravensbruck, Jacqueline survived the war with no issues after her missions.
All these brave women never betrayed their country even after torture. Valor is in you. Set it free
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