She was French born
But
served as an agent for the SOE
In
April 1943 “Lise”
Was
betrayed to the Germans
Along
with her future husband
Peter
Churchill
And
The SD interrogated them at
84
Avenue Foch, their HQ in Paris
Though
tortured with red hot pokers
They
kept to their cover story
That
he was both her husband
And
Winston Churchill’s nephew
Which
seemed to do the trick
With
confirmation from London
But
she was condemned to death in June 1943
But
was transferred to Germany
To
be imprisoned at Ravensbrück
The
Churchill’s nephew story stuck
And
when the allies got close
The
Camp commandant Fritz Suhren
Drove
Sansom to the allied lines
To
surrender to the Americans
Hoping
to save his own neck
Which
didn’t work
Odette
testified in 1946
At
the Hamburg Ravensbrück Trials
And
he was hanged in 1950
Odette
was subsequently awarded
A
British George Cross, an MBE and
A
French Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur
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