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​Sonya D’Artois​
​Sonya D’Artois​

​Sonya D'Artois, a British Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent, parachuted into France in 1944 when she was only 19...

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​Nathan Louis Berger​
​Nathan Louis Berger​

​Warrant Officer Nathan Louis Berger, a Royal Canadian Air Force wireless operator, died on D-Day when Dakota KG429 airc...

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​Louise Boitard​
​Louise Boitard​

​​Louise Boitard, a courageous schoolteacher, joined the French Resistance under the codename "Jeanine” during WWII. She...

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​Lloyd Vernon Chadburn​
​Lloyd Vernon Chadburn​

​Lloyd Vernon Chadburn, a decorated Canadian pilot, led 416 Squadron during World War II and was awarded multiple honour...

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​​Dorothy Irene Mulholland​
​​Dorothy Irene Mulholland​

​Dorothy ‘Molly’ Mulholland served as a WWII Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) nurse. She was one of the first Canadian nu...

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​​Alphonse Noël​
​​Alphonse Noël​

​​Alphonse Noël, a Canadian soldier, fought in WWII with the North Shore Regiment. He played a key role in D-Day and the...

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​Sister Agnès Marie Valois
​Sister Agnès Marie Valois

​Sister Agnès Marie Valois, the ‘Angel of Dieppe,’ risked her life during WWII to treat the most severely wounded—even d...

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Das 6888. Postbataillon
Das 6888. Postbataillon

Das 6888. Central Postal Directory Battalion (deutsch: Zentrales Postverzeichnis-Bataillon) war die einzige rein schwarz...

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Betty Webb
Betty Webb

Betty Webb war während des Zweiten Weltkriegs als Codeknackerin in Bletchley Park tätig und wurde später für ihre Arbeit...

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Germaine Kanowa
Germaine Kanowa

Germaine Kanova war eine Kriegsfotografin und Porträtistin, die die Befreiung Frankreichs und die Folgen des Holocausts ...

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​​Odile de Vasselot​
​​Odile de Vasselot​

​​Odile de Vasselot was a liaison agent in the French Resistance during World War II, known for helping Allied airmen es...

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Nuto Revelli
Nuto Revelli

Nuto Revelli (1919-2004) has written books on the Second World War, the Resistance, and rural life. His home is now the ...

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​​Hector Santa Anna​
​​Hector Santa Anna​

​​Hector Santa Anna was a decorated WWII bomber pilot and one of the few Latino officers in the US Air Forces, later hon...

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Simone Veil
Simone Veil

Simone Veil war eine Holocaust-Überlebende und einflussreiche französische Persönlichkeit, deren Erfahrungen während des...

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​​Léonard Gille
​​Léonard Gille

​​Léonard Gille was a lawyer, politician and member of the Resistance in Calvados. His name is associated with the first...

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​​Raymond Triboulet
​​Raymond Triboulet

​​Raymond Triboulet was a politician and a Gaullist Resistance fighter from Calvados. Raymond Triboulet was the first su...

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Violette Szabo
Violette Szabo

Violette Szabo war eine britische Sondereinsatzkommando-Agentin (Special Operations Executive) während des Zweiten Weltk...

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Thomas Buergenthal
Thomas Buergenthal

Prof. Thomas Buergenthal was one of the most prominent lawyers specializing in human rights and international law. He ta...

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Edward R. Murrow
Edward R. Murrow

“Good night and good luck” was one of the most popular phrases uttered by E. Murrow from his days as a war correspondent...

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Ilse Koch
Ilse Koch

Die Hexe von Buchenwald - so wurde sie von den Häftlingen genannt. Sie kleidete sich aufreizend, um die bewachten Männer...

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Alice Herz-Sommer
Alice Herz-Sommer

Diejenigen, die Alice Herz-Sommer kannten, erinnerten sich oft an ihre Liebe zur Musik und ihren unverbesserlichen Optim...

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Victor Ullmann
Victor Ullmann

Viktor Ullmann came from an assimilated Jewish family that converted to Catholicism. He came from Cieszyn in Silesia. He...

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Štěpán Trochta
Štěpán Trochta

Štěpán Trochta was a Salesian who believed that great emphasis should be placed on working with youth and caring for the...

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Władysław Ostrowski
Władysław Ostrowski

When war broke out, Ostrowski fought in the ranks of the Polish Army. On September 18, 1939, he was wounded during a cla...

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