Violette Reine Elizabeth Szabo

About

British-French special operations executive who served during World War II. She joined the Woman's Land Army in early 1940 and was sent to pick strawberries before being transferred to an armaments factory. After marrying a French soldier, she became a switchboard operator.

Before Fame

Prior to joining the army, she worked at a department store.

Trivia

On her second mission to occupied France, she was captured, tortured, and sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp where she was executed.

Family Life

She was married and had one child.

Associated With

Winston Churchill was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during World War II.