Kramer - Women Wartime Spies

First published in Great Britain in 2011

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Copyright Ann Kramer 2011

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Edith Cavell.

Propaganda poster which exploited the execution of Nurse Edith Cavell by the Germans.

Detail from the memorial statue showing Edith Cavells last words.

Edith Cavells memorial statue, St Martins Lane, London.

Mata Hari: 1906 image, wearing only breast covering and jewellery.

Mata Hari (1906 postcard).

Mata Hari: execution 1917 probably a reconstruction, maybe around 1920.

Kill that File chasing after a recalcitrant file in the Registry, 1919. The cartoon appeared in the programme for the Hush Hush Review , an MI5 review show, 1919.

Eager Girl Guides who worked as messengers for MI5 during the First World War. The image is taken from Outbursts from Waterloo(se) House , book of caricatures printed and privately circulated towards end of WWI. The original caption reads: The Electric Bells having broke, the G.G.s (not Grenadier Guards) sit outside Maj. D.s door in case he wants them.

Violette Szabo. Imperial War Museum

Blue plaque on Violette Szabos home, Burnley Road, London. Thanks to Simon Adams

Stockwell children painted this mural of Violette Szabo in 2001. Thanks to Simon Adams

Violette Szabo, bronze bust, Albert Embankment, London. Authors photo

In memory of SOE: detail from Violette Szabo memorial, London. Authors photo

Odette Sansom. Imperial War Museum

Yvonne Cormeau. Imperial War Museum

Noor Inayat Khan. Imperial War Museum

Noor Inayat Khan. Personal file HS 9/836/5 The National Archives

Madeleine Damerment. With thanks to Madeleine Brooke for permission to use

Croix de Guerre, Lgion dhonneur & Mdaille de la Rsistance awarded to Madeleine Damerment. Thanks to Madeleine Brooke for permission to use

Letter from Vera Atkins to Madeleine Damerments mother informing her that despite their ongoing efforts there was still no news of her daughter. Thanks to Madeleine Brooke for permission to use

WTS (FANY) Memorial, St Pauls Church, Knightsbridge. With thanks to St Pauls Church, Knightsbridge.

In 1976 this memorial was unveiled at Dachau in memory of the SOE women killed there: Yolande Beekman, Noor Inayat Khan, Eliane Plewman, Madeleine Damerment.