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15th December, 2015 in Biography & Memoir, Military, Women in History
A timeline of Anne Frank’s life
Anne Frank’s diary is famous around the world as an eyewitness account which gives an insight into the horrors of persecution faced by Jewish people under the Nazi regime and is now a classic of war literature. Here we present a timeline of the German girl’s life: 12 June 1929 — …
15th December, 2015 in Maritime, True Crime, Women in History
The disappearance of Agnes Tufverson
On 22 December 1933, Olympic left New York. Among her 104 tourist class passengers, occupying stateroom C86, was thirty-four year old Ivan Poderjay. He spent virtually the entire voyage in his stateroom, surrounded by a large amount of luggage, according to a steward’s…
15th December, 2015 in Biography & Memoir, Military, Women in History
Elaine Madden: Unsung heroine of the SOE
Why, after more than 70 years, are we still so fascinated by the wartime women agents of the Special Operations Executive (SOE)? Probably because they were so exceptional. By convention women were never used in combat roles. Even the doughty ATS women working on anti-aircraft gun…
15th December, 2015 in Biography & Memoir, Women in History
Mrs Zigzag: A double agent’s wife
Betty Chapman is best known as ‘Mrs Zigzag’ the wife of Eddie Chapman or ‘Agent Zigzag’, the most infamous double agent of the Second World War, but she was an extraordinary woman in her own right. Ron Bonewitz is a close friend of Betty Chapman and knew both her and her lat…