Krystyna Skarbek
(1908-1952)
Polish spy
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Maria Krystyna Janina Skarbek, OBE, GM (1 May 1908 – 15 June 1952), also known as Christine Granville, was a Polish agent of the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) during the Second World War. She became celebrated for her daring exploits in intelligence and irregular-warfare missions in Nazi-occupied Poland and France. Journalist Alistair Horne, who described himself in 2012 as one of the few people still alive who had known Skarbek, described her as the "bravest of the brave." Spymaster Vera Atkins of the SOE described Skarbek as "very brave, very attractive, but a loner and a law unto herself."
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1 May 1908 Trzepnica, Poland
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| Died |
15 June 1952 (aged 44) London, United Kingdom
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| Zodiac | Taurus |
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