Violette Szabo (Violette Reine Elizabeth Bushell) (b. Paris, France, 26 June 1921 – d. 5 February 1945, KZ Ravensbrück, Germany) was a British-French Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent during World War II. In September 1943, she was recruited by the SOE to train as a field agent. Her bilingualism was a strength for her spy job. During a mission in occupied France, she was captured by the Nazis. She was interrogated and deported to the Ravensbrück concentration camp in Germany, where she was executed on 5 February 1945.
On 17 December 1946, Violette Szabo was posthumously awarded the George Cross (the highest British award for non-operational gallantry). She was the second woman to receive this award. The commemorative blue plaque is on the wall of the house where she grew up.
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