Carve Her Name with Pride – The True Story of Violette Szabo | Stories Behind the Pages

Send Tim a message about this episodeViolette Szabo was a young mother who volunteered to serve with the Special Operations Executive during the Second World War. Sent behind enemy lines into occupied France, she displayed extraordinary courage before being captured and eventually executed at Ravensbrück concentration camp.In this episode of Stories Behind the Pages, I look at R. J. Minney’s book *Carve Her Name with Pride* and the much-loved 1958 film starring Virginia McKenna.I also explore the real story behind *The Life That I Have*—the moving poem written by SOE cryptographer Leo Marks and given to Violette as her personal code poem—and the part played by Vera Atkins in discovering what happened to Violette and the other missing women of SOE after the war.This is the story behind the book, behind the film and behind one of the bravest women Britain sent into occupied Europe.Discover more stories, books and military history at:https://timheale.ukPlease like the video, subscribe to the channel and share it with anyone interested in wartime history and the remarkable agents of the SOE.#VioletteSzabo #CarveHerNameWithPride #SOE #WW2History #VeraAtkins #StoriesBehindThePagesDiscover The Parallel Six series, Letters from Afghanistan and The Empty Return at https://timheale.uk. Discover Tim Heale’s books—including The Parallel Six series, Letters from Afghanistan and The Empty Return—along with his films and broadcasts. Visit https://timheale.uk and join Tim’s Despatch to keep in touch.https://timheale.ukSupport the show