CarveHerName on Nostr: Very early #OnThisDay, 18 Sept 1943, Yolande Beekman arrives in Nazi-occupied France ...

Very early #OnThisDay, 18 Sept 1943, Yolande Beekman arrives in Nazi-occupied France to work as a radio operator for the Special Operations Executive.

The British SOE supported the French Resistance. Wireless was one of the more dangerous roles as German forces could triangulate the position when the operator was signalling.

Beekman was captured in January 1944, and was shot at Dachau concentration camp in September 1944.

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