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
No comments:
Post a Comment