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	The Violette Szabo GC Museum - 24 Hour Museum - official guide to UK museums, galleries, exhibitions and heritage
		Violette Szabo was one of hundreds of spies to sacrifice her life in service of the Special Operations Executive whilst on active duty in occupied Europe.
		For her heroism, Violette Szabo was posthumously awarded the George Cross in 1946.
		Violette herself spent many happy holidays at the beautiful Herefordshire retreat and it is this that inspired Rosemary to open the museum.
	www.24hourmuseum.org.uk /trlout_gfx_en/TRA14054.html (436 words)

	::Violette Szabo::
		Her first SOE mission was in April 1944 and in July 1944, Szabo was landed by Lysander to spy on the closed zone around the Atlantic Wall.
		Violette Szabo was born in June 1921 to an English father and a French mother.
		From Paris, Violette Szabo was sent to Ravensbruck concentration camp where she was executed in January 1945.
	www.historylearningsite.co.uk /violette_szabo.htm (383 words)

	Violette Szabo, GC, MBE, CdG
		Violette became pregnant, it was the last time she saw him alive.
		Violette received a letter from a Mr E Potter asking her to to attend an interview at an office in London.
		Madame Szabo volunteered for a particularly dangerous mission in France during April 1944, when she acted as a courier to a Frenchman who had survived the break-up of his circuit based on Rouen and was trying to reconstitute a group in this strategically important area.
	www.angelfire.com /va/violetteszabo (554 words)

	Violette Szabo
		Violette Szabo was the daughter of a French mother and an English father, born Violette Bushell in Paris, France.
		Violette Szabo was executed by the Germans on or about February 5, 1945 and her body disposed of in the crematorium.
		Szabo was the second woman[1] to be awarded the George Cross; this was awarded posthumously on December 7, 1946.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/v/vi/violette_szabo.html (572 words)

	Jersey War Tunnels - Szabo
		Violette’s ability to speak French, combined with a natural instinct to avenge the death of her husband, made her attractive to the SOE which recruited her in August 1943.
		Violette, codenamed Louise, was the courier in a four-man team that was tasked with coordinating the sabotage activities of the various maquis groups in the Haute-Vienne and Corrèze departments of the Limousin.
		Violette suffered five months of hard labour and a bitter Eastern European winter before being taken to a small square where, having been made to kneel down, she was executed with a single shot to the back of her neck.
	www.jerseywartunnels.com /content/h08/Szabo.aspx (1009 words)

	Jersey War Tunnels - Szabo
		Violette’s ability to speak French, combined with a natural instinct to avenge the death of her husband, made her attractive to the SOE which recruited her in August 1943.
		Violette, codenamed Louise, was the courier in a four-man team that was tasked with coordinating the sabotage activities of the various maquis groups in the Haute-Vienne and Corrèze departments of the Limousin.
		Violette suffered five months of hard labour and a bitter Eastern European winter before being taken to a small square where, having been made to kneel down, she was executed with a single shot to the back of her neck.
	jerseywartunnels.com /content/h08/Szabo.aspx (1009 words)

	Wikinfo \| Violette Szabo (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Violette Szabo was the daughter of a French mother and an English father, born Violette Bushell in Paris, France.
		Violette Szabo was executed by the Germans on or about February 5, 1945 and her body disposed of in the crematorium.
		Szabo was the first woman to be awarded the George Cross; this was awarded posthumously on December 7 1946.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Violette_Szabo (454 words)

	Violette Szabo
		Violette Reine Elizabeth Bushell Szabo, George Cross, Member of the Order of the British Empire, Croix de Guerre (France) (1921 - 1945), World War II secret agent.
		Violette Szabo was the daughter of a French mother and an English father, born Violette Bushell on June 26, 1921 in Paris.
		In 1940, Violette married Etienne Szabo, a French officer.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/vi/Violette_Szabo.html (222 words)

	PHOTON PLAZA (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Violette Bushnell was born to a French mother and a British father; she grew up mostly in Britain.
		Violette became a member of the 137th HAA Regiment, Royal Artillery, and was assigned to operate the mechanical fire control computer.
		Violette was having trouble remembering the poem she had chosen (a French nursery rhyme) and Marks suggested that she might want to try a different one.
	photonplaza.blogspot.com /2005_01_23_photonplaza_archive.html (1148 words)

	Violette Szabo
		Secret Agent, Violette Szabo G.C., Croix de Guerre, was one of Britain's most daring Secret Agents, and is remembered with a great pride in a quiet, rural part of the beautiful county of Herefordshire.
		Violette Szabo (nee Bushnell) was the daughter of an English father and a French mother, the family consisting of four sons and one daughter.
		Etienne Szabo - who was awarded the Legion d'Honneur and Medaille Militaire and Violette Szabo - the George Cross - and BOTH awarded the Croix de Guerre with Clasps, along with their respective War Medals.
	www.chesterfieldarmament.com /west/loire/szabo/szabo.htm (707 words)

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		She was transferred to the custody of the SD in Limoges where she was interrogated under torture, then in late August 1944 was sent to RavensbrÃ¼ck concentration camp where she was forced into hard labour and suffered terribly from malnutrition and exhaustion.
		Violette Szabo was executed on or about February 5, 1945 and her body disposed of in the crematorium.
		Szabo was the second woman [1] to be awarded the George Cross; this was awarded posthumously on December 7 1946.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Violette_Szabo (547 words)

	THE ALLIED SPECIAL FORCES ASSOCIATION - Formerly the Special Forces Association - UK is dedicated to creating the ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Violette was someone who remained true to not only those she loved, but also to her vivacious, fearless and kind spirit, in times of hardship, amid the dangers of war and when surrounded by atrocity.
		She was born Violette Reine Elizabeth Bushell in Paris on the 26th June 1921, the second child of an English father, Charles, and a French mother Reine Blanche (Leroy).
		Violette was desperately torn between staying in France with her beloved Aunt and going, but she soon realised that she was duty bound to get her little brother to safety.
	www.alliedspecialforces.org /violetteszabogchistory1.htm (2846 words)

	Szabo, Violette - Biography
		According to 'Carve Her Name With Pride', the poem was written by Violette's husband, but it was really written by codemaster Leo Marks, and was used by her as a code poem whilst she was on a mission in occupied France.
		Violette Reine Elizabeth Bushell was born in Paris on the 26th June 1921.
		Violette became pregnant, it was the last time she saw him alive, he was later killed in North Africa.
	www.64-baker-street.org /agents/agent_fany_violette_szabo.html (984 words)

	Juddmonte Europe \| News \| Observatory \| The Real Violette (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Yet Violette--named after Violette Szabo, whose story was told in the film Carve Her Name With Pride--had people questioning her courage when she suffered a narrow defeat on her second start in June.
		Incidentally, Violette's dam, Odette, was also named in honor of a famous secret agent (perhaps because her own dam is the stealthy-sounding On Tiptoes).
		Violette's fifth dam, Haymaking, was a talented juvenile who developed into a winner of the Coronation S. over a mile and the Nassua S. overan extra quarter mile.
	www.juddmonte.co.uk /news/2005/200905therealviolette.aspx (893 words)

	Actress Virginia McKenna in Hereford Visit - Herefordshire Council
		One of the most daring secret agents in WW2, was the beautiful Violette Szabo, played by Virginia McKenna, in the memorable film “Carve her Name with Pride”.
		When the Violette Szabo Museum opened at Cartref, Wormelow, Ms McKenna was the guest of honour and on Tuesday, 8 October, she is visiting Hereford Cathedral, to once again meet Rosemary Rigby, curator of the Museum.
		Violette Szabo’s life is celebrated at her Museum, which has an exhibition within the Cathedral as part of the Anne Frank Fringe.
	www.herefordshire.gov.uk /council_gov_democracy/news/537.aspp (205 words)

	VIOLETTE SZABO MUSEUM OPENING
		Violette was the daughter of a French woman and an English father and when she was twenty years old she met and later married Etienne (an Officer of the Free French Forces) unfortunately, he was killed at El Alamein shortly after their daughter, Tania, was born, a daughter he never knew.
		Violette was devastated and willingly volunteered for duty in France so she became a member of The Women`s Transport Service/First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, commonly called FANY`S, a Corps founded in 1907, who volunteered to help Winston Churchill in his efforts to "SET EUROPE ABLAZE".
		The day was a very warm tribute to Violette Szabo and rewarded Miss Rigby and all her helpers for all the hard work they had put into the project.
	www.rsars.org.uk /ursula.htm (1023 words)

	Women Spies: Sarah Edmonds
		Violette Bushell, the daughter of an English father and a French mother, was born in France on June 26, 1921.
		Violette returned to France in June 1944 but while with a member of the French Resistance was ambushed by a German patrol.
		Today, the memory of Violette Szabo is kept alive through a museum that bears her name in the UK, and a documentary film of her life, Violette Szabo Remembered, has been released.
	www.sameshield.com /spies/szabo.html (327 words)

	Violette Szabo
		Szabo became a really excellent predictor who, because of her lack of height, always seemed to stand on tiptoe when at her instrument.
		Given Violette Szabo's apparent temperament and skill at arms, however, I would suggest it unlikely, unless she was captured immediately which does not appear to have been the case, that shots were not exchanged.
		Ultimately Violette Szabo was executed, together with fellow SOE agents Lillian Rolfe and Denise Bloch, at the notorious Ravensbrück concentration camp on an unknown date in January 1945.
	www.dasreich.ca /szabo.html (4706 words)

	Charlotte Gray: The Time: Real Charlottes: Violette Szabo
		Odette Hallowes G.C., herself a war heroine, called Violette Szabo “the bravest of us all.” The beautiful young widow of a French officer, Szabo lost her life at the tender age of 23 to a Nazi bullet in the back of her neck.
		We’ve compiled rare photos and articles documenting the courageous life of Violette Szabo, including an article chronicling her daring rescue of an allied spy in German–occupied France.
		Of the many sites referencing the important work of Violette Szabo and those who fought with her, we’ve selected the most informative and enlightening.
	charlottegraymovie.warnerbros.com /cmp/violette.html (222 words)

	Violette Szabo - WikiLeasing.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In 1940, VViolette married Etienne Szabo, a French officer of Hungarian descent.
		She was interrogated under torture, then sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp where she was forced into hard labour and suffered terribly from malnutrition and exhaustion.Violette Szabo was executed by the Germans on or about February 5, 1945 and her body disposed of in he crematorium.
		As one of the SOE agents who died for the liberation of France, Sub-lieutenant Szabo is listed on the "Roll of Honor" on the Valençay OE Memorial in the town of Valençay, in the Indre département.The Violette Szabo GC Museum is in "Cartref", Tump Lane, Wormelow Tump, Herefordshire, HR2 8HN, England.
	www.wikileasing.com /0/Violette_Szabo.html (393 words)

	Exordio - Segunda Guerra Mundial - Violette Szabo
		Szabo fue enviado a África con su unidad y Vi se unió al Servicio Auxiliar de Transporte.
		Finalmente, la primera misión de Violette Szabo fue planeada para Abril de 1944, en la cual emplearía el seudónimo de "Louise" y sería lanzada en paracaídas en la zona de Rouen en Francia.
		Violette fue llevada a Limoges e interrogada por un intérprete.
	www.exordio.com /1939-1945/militaris/espionaje/violettebushellLARGE.html (975 words)

	VIOLETTE SZABO - HISTORY OF THIS BRITISH SOE AGENT
		Szabo was posthumously awarded her George Cross in 1946 and it was received from the King by her 4-year old daughter.
		Szabo and her bravery to be found on the Internet as well as to her colleagues and others: our (external) Links list makes several easily available from this page.
		This one is of course dedicated to Violette Szabo and in the 3.5 acres of it a commemorative rock was installed at 11am on New Year's Day.
	www.violette-szabo-museum.co.uk /foyer.htm (1098 words)

	Violette Szabo
		Violette returned to France in June 1944 but while with Jacques Dufour, a member of the French Resistance, was ambushed by a German patrol.
		When we weren't more than yards from the edge of the wood Szabo, who had her clothes ripped to ribbons and was bleeding from numerous cuts all over her legs, told me she was unable to go one inch further.
		Violette Szabo was continuously and atrociously tortured, but never by word or deed gave away any of her acquaintances or told the enemy anything of any value.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /SOEszabo.htm (1206 words)

	Doris McCarthy Gallery UTSC
		Shortly after, Violette was approached to join the Special Operations Executive (SOE, a British intelligence service formed in 1940, after the fall of France, to foster and aid resistance among the civil population in Nazi-occupied Europe).
		At the age of twenty-three, Szabo, code-named Louise, was sent into Occupied France for two missions; she was captured and sent to a concentration camp, then executed just months before the end of the war.
		One of the records describes Szabo during her intelligence training as “a quiet, physically tough, self-willed girl of average intelligence.
	www.scar.utoronto.ca /~dmg/html/exhibitions/0405/levitt/essay.html (1116 words)

	Violette Szabo in TutorGig Encyclopedia
		In 1940, Violette married Etienne Szabo, a French officer of Hungarian descent.
		The Violette Szabo GC Museum is in "Cartref", Tump Lane, Wormelow Tump, Herefordshire, HR2 8HN, England.
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	www.tutorgig.com /ed/Violette_Szabo (544 words)

	Carve Her Name With Pride - Virginia Mckenna, Jack Warner, Paul Scofield, Lewis Gilbert - 1958
		Violette Bushell is the daughter of an English father and a French mother, living in London in the early years of World War 2.
		Violette Szabo (Virginia McKenna), as an appealing spy, felt duty bound to assist her country and was one of them who left all personal thought behind to do her duty.
		The code-poem used in the film was the real code poem used by Violette Szabo while she was sending messages back from occupied France.
	www.learmedia.ca /product_info.php/products_id/409 (758 words)

	WORTHPLAYING - - All about games ! (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Violette’s assignments take her into the faithfully modelled cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris.
		All around the church, soldiers can be seen pilfering pieces of art, while Violette is pursuing her mission, taking her all the way onto the roof of the famous cathedral.
		Heroine Violette Summer was influenced to some degree by the actual French resistance fighter Violette Szabo, who completed several dangerous assignments for Great Britain before being executed in Ravensbrueck concentration camp.
	www.worthplaying.com /article.php?sid=36047&mode=thread&order=0 (408 words)

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