page_title: Violette Szabo
hierarchical_section_title: Violette Szabo
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait photo of the French World War II secret agent Violette Szabo. The photo was taken prior to her capture by German forces in June 1944.
context_page_description: Violette Reine Elizabeth Szabo GC was a French/British agent during the Second World War. Her role was known as Special Operations Executive. She was twice parachuted into France to help the French resistance activity against German forces.
  During her second mission, Szabo was caught by the Germans. She was interrogated, and sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp in Germany, where she was treated harshly. Like most other prisoners, she had to perfom hard work in freezing cold conditions with few clothes. She was shot near the end of the war. After her death, she was awarded the George Cross, the Croix de Guerre and the Medaille de la Resistance.
  Szabo's father was British, and her mother was French.
context_section_description: Violette Reine Elizabeth Szabo GC (née Bushell; 26 June 1921 – c. 5 February 1945) was a French/British agent during the Second World War. Her role was known as  Special Operations Executive (SOE). She was twice parachuted into France to help the French resistance activity against German forces (the Wehrmacht).
  During her second mission, Szabo was caught by the Germans. She was interrogated, and sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp in Germany, where she was treated harshly. Like most other prisoners, she had to perfom hard work in freezing cold conditions with few clothes. She was shot near the end of the war. After her death, she was awarded the George Cross, the Croix de Guerre and the Medaille de la Resistance.
  Szabo's father was British, and her mother was French.
caption: Violette Szabo
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