Sonia Olschanezky | |
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Nickname(s) | Tania (SOE codename) Suzanne Ouvrard (SOE alias) |
Born | Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany | 25 December 1923
Died | 6 July 1944 Natzweiler-Struthof, France | (aged 20)
Allegiance | France |
Service/ | French Resistance Special Operations Executive |
Years of service | 1940–1944 |
Unit | Juggler (SOE) |
Commands | Juggler circuit after the organizer (Jean Worms) was captured and the second in command (Jacques Weil) fled to Switzerland, while still serving as this circuit’s courier. |
Battles/wars | Second World War |
Sonia Olschanezky (25 December 1923 – 6 July 1944) was a member of the French Resistance and the Special Operations Executive during World War II.[1][2][3][4] Olschanezky was a member of the SOE's Juggler circuit in occupied France where she operated as a courier until she was arrested by the Gestapo and was subsequently executed at the Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp.[1]