What is Violette Szabo?
{{Infobox military person |name= Violette Szabo |honorific_suffix= [[George Cross|GC]] |image= Violette Szabo IWM photo.jpg |image_size= 250px |alt= |caption= Violette Szabo |birth_date= {{birth date|1921|06|26|df=yes}} |death_date= {{Death date and age|1945|02|05|1921|06|26|df=yes}} |birth_place= [[Paris]], France |death_place= [[Ravensbrück concentration camp|KZ Ravensbrück]], Germany |placeofburial= |nickname= |allegiance= {{flag|United Kingdom}} {{flag|France}} |branch= [[First Aid Nursing Yeomanry]] |serviceyears= 1941–1945 |rank= [[Ensign (rank)|Ensign]] |servicenumber= |unit= [[Special Operations Executive]]<br />[[SOE F Section networks#Salesman|F Section]] |commands= |battles= [[Second World War]] |awards= [[George Cross]]<br />[[Croix de Guerre]] (France)<br />[[Medaille de la Resistance]] (France) |relations= |laterwork=}} '''Violette Reine Elizabeth Szabo''' [[George Cross|GC]] ([[née]] '''Bushell'''; 26 June 1921 – {{circa|5}} February 1945) was a French/British agent during the [[Second World War]]. Her role was known as [[Special Operations Executive]] (SOE). She was twice parachuted into [[France]] to help the [[French resistance]] activity against German forces (the [[Wehrmacht]]).<ref>Foot M.R.D. 2008. 2004. Szabo, Violette Reine Elizabeth. in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''.</ref> During her second mission, Szabo was caught by the Germans. She was [[interrogation|interrogated]], and sent to [[Ravensbrück concentration camp]] in Germany, where she was treated harshly. Like most other prisoners, she had to perform hard work in freezing cold conditions with few clothes. She was shot near the end of the war. After her death, she was awarded the [[George Cross]], the [[Croix de Guerre]] and the [[Medaille de la Resistance]].<ref>Binney, Marcus 2002. ''The women who lived for danger: the women agents of SOE in the Second World War''. London: Hodder & Stoughton. {{ISBN|978-034081-839-8}}</ref> Szabo's father was [[British]], and her mother was [[French people|French]]. ==Early life== V