December 20, 2004
A Sad Rejoicing
I'm not sure which version of this story I like better—the one at Beautiful Atrocities, which has pictures, or the one Photon Courier put together, which has more details.
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It's the story of a 20-century heroine, Noor Inayat Khat, whom I find inspiring. We should weep for her, but in a hopeful sort of way. I think that's what she would have wanted.
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Thanks again for the link. The work of the SOE agents should be better known in America. There were many other female SOE agents, including Violette Szabo and "Christine Granville."
Posted by: David Foster at December 21, 2004 07:03 AM (pgIVW)
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A good book on SOE is "Between Silk and Cyanide," by Leo Marks. Marks, who was in his early 20s at the time, was SOE's Codemaster, and met most of the agents before they made their trips into occupied Europe. He says that at some level, he was hoping that Noor would fail her "final exam" in message encryption so that her mission would be cancelled. But she passed.
Posted by: David Foster at December 21, 2004 07:10 AM (pgIVW)
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Somehow I relate to this woman, and I'm deeply, deeply grateful for her sacrifice.
Posted by: Attila Girl at December 21, 2004 04:03 PM (SuJa4)
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I remember reading somewhere, probably in the Enigma book, that when the Nazis kicked in her door, she had just finished transmitting the location of a massive stash of submarine torpedoes, which were destroyed by Allied bombers before they could be delivered to the submarines. No telling how many seamen's lives were saved by this.
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