Denise Madeleine Bloch, born in 1915 in France - died February 5, 1945 in Ravensbrück, Germany, was a heroine of World War II. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... February 5 is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... View of the barracks at Ravensbrück Ravensbrück was a German concentration camp located 90 km north of Berlin. ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons like the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was by far the bloodiest, most expensive, and most significant war in...

From a Jewish family, by the middle of 1942 in occupied France they were being rounded up by the Gestapo. In the city of Lyons, Denise Bloch was recruited to work for the Special Operations Executive (SOE). She began resistance work with SOE radio operator Brian Stonehouse until his arrest near the end of October that year. The word Jew (Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity; and often a combination of these attributes. ... The Gestapo was the official secret police force of Nazi Germany. ... Lyons), see Lyons (disambiguation). ... The Special Operations Executive (SOE), often called the Baker Street Irregulars after Sherlock Holmess fictional group of spies, was a World War II organisation initiated by Winston Churchill and Hugh Dalton in July 1940 as a mechanism for conducting warfare by means other than direct military engagement. ... Brian Julian Stonehouse (August 8, 1918 _ December 1998) was a British painter and Special Operations Executive agent during World War II. He was born in Torquay, England. ...

Following Stonehouse's capture, she went into hiding until early 1943 when she was put in touch with SOE agents George Reginald Starr and Philippe de Vomécourt. She began working with them in the town of Agen in the Lot-et-Garonne département in the south of France. However, it was decided to send her to London and accompanied by another agent, she walked across the Pyrenees mountains making their way to Gibraltar and eventually London. There, SOE trained her as a wireless operator in preparation for a return to France. George Reginald Starr (April 1904 - 1980), was one of two sons of Alfred Demarest Starr (an American) and Ethel Renshaw (English). ... Agen is a city and commune located in the Aquitaine région in southern France, on the river Garonne. ... Lot-et-Garonne is a département in the southwest of France named after the Lot and Garonne rivers. ... The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster, which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... Central Pyrenees The Pyrenees (French: Pyrénées; Spanish: Pirineos; Occitan: Pirenèus or Pirenèas; Catalan Pirineus; Aragonese: Perinés; Basque: Pirinioak) are a range of mountains in southwest Europe that form a natural border between France and Spain. ...

On March 2, 1944, with fellow SOE agent, Robert Benoist, she was dropped back into central France. Working in the Nantes area, they re-established contact with SOE agent and Benoist's fellow race car driver, Jean-Pierre Wimille. However, in June, both she and Benoist were arrested and Denise Bloch was interrogated and tortured before being shipped to Germany. She was held in prisons at Torgau in Saxony and at Konisberg in Brandenburg where she suffered great hardship from exposure, cold, and malnutrition. March 2 is the 61st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (62nd in leap years). ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Robert Marcel Charles Benoist, (March 20, 1895 - September 9, 1944) was a French Grand Prix motor racing driver and war hero. ... City motto: Favet Neptunus eunti. ... Jean-Pierre Wimille (February 26, 1908 - January 28, 1949) was a Grand Prix motor racing driver. ... Torgau is a town on the banks of the Elbe in northwestern Saxony, Germany. ... With an area of 18,413 km² and a population of 4. ... Surrounding but excluding the national capital Berlin, Brandenburg is one of Germanys sixteen Bundesländer (federal states). ...

Eventually shipped to Ravensbrück concentration camp, sometime between January 25 and February 5, 1945, 29-year-old Denise Madeleine Bloch was executed by the Germans and her body disposed of in the crematorium. Both Lilian Rolfe and Violette Szabo, two other female members of the SOE held at Ravensbrück, were executed at or about the same time. In May, just days before the German surrender, SOE agent Cecily Lefort was also executed at Ravensbrück. View of the barracks at Ravensbrück Ravensbrück was a German concentration camp located 90 km north of Berlin. ... Cremation is the practice of disposing of a corpse by burning. ... -1... Violette Reine Elizabeth Bushell Szabo, G.C., M.B.E., CdG (June 26, 1921 – February 5?, 1945) was a World War II secret agent. ... Cecily Margot Lefort (April 30, 1900 _ May 1, 1945) was a heroine of World War II. Born in London, England of Scottish ancestry, Lefort lived on the coast of France from the age of 24 with her French husband, Dr. Alex Lefort. ...

In England, Denise Bloch is recorded on the Brookwood Memorial in Surrey. Posthumously, Britain awarded her the "King's Commendation for Brave Conduct." In France, posthumous honors include the Legion of Honor the Médaille combattant de la Résistance, and the Croix de Guerre avec Palme. As one of the SOE agents who died for the liberation of France, she is listed on the "Roll of Honor" on the Valençay SOE Memorial in the town of Valençay, in the Indre departément of France. Brookwood Cemetery (aka the London Necropolis) was set up by the London Necropolis Company in 1852 to house Londons dead, since the capital was finding it difficult to locate the increasing population, both of living and dead. ... Surrey is a county in southern England, one of the Home Counties. ... French Legion of Honor The Légion dhonneur (in Legion of Honor (AmE) or Legion of Honour (ComE)) is an Order of Chivalry awarded by the President of France. ... The Croix de guerre is a military decoration of both Belgium and France which was first created in 1915. ... The Valençay SOE Memorial is a monument to the members of the Special Operations Executive F Section who lost their lives for the liberation of France. ... Chateau Valençay Valençay is a small town amd commune in the Indre département in the Loire Valley of France situated on a hillside overlooking the Nahon river. ... Indre is a département in the center of France named after the Indre River. ...