Sonia Olschanezky
Videos
Sonia Olschanezky was a member of the French Resistance and the Special Operations Executive during World War II. Olschanezky was a member of the SOE's Juggler circuit in occupied France where she ope
Olschanezky during WW2
Old and new city hall in Chemnitz
Bucharest in the 1930s.
German troops in Paris (1940).
Vera Atkins
Videos
Vera May Atkins was a Romanian-born British intelligence officer who was the Deputy Director of the France Section of the Special Operations Executive from 1941 to 1945 during the Second World War.
Sonia Olschanezky
…Rohde. The camp commandant (Fritz Hartjenstein) received a life sentence, while Straub was sentenced to 13 years in prison. In spite of the efforts of Vera Atkins (F Section's intelligence officer during the war), Olschanezky is not commemorated on the Valençay SOE Memorial in the Loire Valley, unveiled in 1991…
Squadron Officer Vera Atkins, WAAF, in 1946
Vera Atkins historical marker - Spymaster WWII