Mary Katherine Herbert

**Mary Katherine Herbert** (wanda aka fi sani da Maureen) (1 Oktoba 1903 - 23 Janairu 1983), lambar da aka sanya wa suna **Claudine,** wakiliya ce ta ƙungiyar ɓoyayyun Ayyuka ta Musamman (SOE) ta Burtaniya a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu a Faransa. Manufar SOE ita ce gudanar da leƙen asiri, ɓarna, da leƙen asiri a ƙasashen da ikon Axis ya mamaye, musamman Jamus ta Nazi . Wakilan SOE sun haɗa kai da ƙungiyoyin adawa kuma sun ba su makamai da kayan aiki da aka yi musu laƙabi da laima daga Ingila.

Herbert ita ce kaɗai mace da aka sani da ta haifi jariri yayin da take aiki a Faransa a lokacin yaƙin. Mahaifinta shine shugabanta (shugabanta), Claude de Baissac . Daga baya ma'auratan sun yi aure amma ba su taɓa zama tare ba.

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Herbert a ƙasar Ireland, 'yar Brigadier Janar Edmund Herbert. Tana da digiri a fannin fasaha kuma tana magana da Faransanci, Sifaniyanci, Italiyanci, Jamusanci, da Larabci. A lokacin barkewar yaƙin, Herbert tana aiki a Ofishin Jakadancin Birtaniya da ke Warsaw . Daga baya ta zama mai fassara farar hula a Ma'aikatar Jiragen Sama da ke Landan. Ta shiga WAAF a RAF Innsworth a ranar 19 ga Satumba, 1941 a matsayin Magatakardar Ayyukan Janar da Leken Asiri. An sake ta bisa buƙatarta daga WAAF don ta shiga SOE a watan Maris na 1942. Herbert ita ce jami'ar WAAF ta farko da ta yi aikin sa kai a SOE. Tana da shekaru 39, ta girmi matsakaicin wakiliyar SOE. Tana da tsayi kuma siririya, tana da gashi mai kyau, tana da addini sosai, kuma tana da kyawawan halaye, a ganin SOE, na rashin bayyana a fili. 

## Babban Jami'in Ayyuka na Musamman
Herbert ta yi horo a matsayin mai aika saƙo tare da rukuni na biyu na wakilan mata na SOE, waɗanda suka haɗa da Odette Sansom, Jacqueline Nearne da Lise de Baissac . Bayan horon ta, ta yi tafiya ta jirgin ruwa daga Ingila zuwa Gibraltar, sannan ta felucca, ta sauka a gabar tekun kudancin Faransa a daren 31 ga Oktoba 1942. Ta haɗu da wasu wakilan SOE a Cannes sannan ta ci gaba da tafiya ta jirgin ƙasa zuwa Bordeaux inda ta haɗu da de Baissac, shugaban cibiyar kimiyya ta SOE. Scientist yana ɗaya daga cikin hanyoyin sadarwa mafi kyau na SOE, yana shirya da kuma ba da makamai ga ƙungiyoyin juriya da kuma gudanar da ayyukan leƙen asiri a wani babban yanki na kudu maso yammacin Faransa. A matsayinta na mai aika saƙo, Herbert ta yi tafiya mai yawa ta keke da jirgin ƙasa, tana hulɗa da ƙungiyoyi daban-daban na Resistance na Faransa, tana ɗauke da saƙonni, takardu, kuɗi, da sassan mara waya, tana aiki a matsayin akwatin gidan waya ga membobin cibiyar sadarwar, kuma tana neman gidaje masu aminci da waɗanda za su iya ɗaukar ma'aikata. A wani lokaci lokacin da take fama da ɗaukar babban kayan waya a cikin akwati, wani jami'in Jamus mai jarumtaka ya ɗauke mata shi a jirgin ƙasa. A lokacin tafiye-tafiyenta, Herbert ta zama abokiya da 'yar'uwar de Baissac Lise wacce wakiliyar SOE ce a Poitiers . 

A watan Yunin 1943, Jamusawa sun shiga cikin cibiyar sadarwa ta Prosper a Paris kuma sun kama jami'an SOE da yawa da ɗaruruwan abokan hulɗarsu na Faransa. Ganin cewa Scientist yana da alaƙa da Prosper, Jamusawan sun kuma wargaza Scientist, kuma jami'an SOE, ciki har da Herbert, sun ɓuya. De Baissac ya nemi ko an umarce shi da ya koma Ingila don guje wa kama shi, shi da 'yar'uwarsa, Lise, suka tashi suka hau jirgin Westland Lysander daga wani filin jirgin sama na ɓoye a daren 16/17 ga Agusta. Herbert yana da ciki a wannan lokacin kuma Roger Landes, mai aiki da waya mai inganci a cibiyar sadarwa ta Scientist, ya fusata da cewa de Baissac ya tafi da 'yar'uwarsa zuwa Ingila ya bar Mary Herbert a baya. [1]

Herbert ta ɓoye cikinta har sai da ta ji cewa de Baissac ba zai dawo Bordeaux ba. Ta gaya wa Landes wanda ya umarce ta da ta daina duk wani aikin ɓoye kuma ya sanya ta a wani gidan kula da tsofaffi a gefen birnin Bordeaux inda ta haifi 'ya mace da ta sanya wa suna Claudine a farkon Disamba 1943. Tare da 'yarta ta bar gidan kula da tsofaffi ta koma wani gida a Poitiers wanda Lise de Baissac ta yi haya. 

## Manazarta