#Yolande Beekman

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Yolande Beekman (nee Unternahrer) SOE Wireless Operator: French Section

Yolande Beekman Yolande Unternahrer was born in Paris to a Swiss family in 1911 and moved to London as a child. After the declaration of war in 1939 she enlisted into the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAFFs) where she trained as a wireless operator. Due to her language skills, she spoke fluent English, French, German and Italian, Yolande came to the attention of the Special Operations Executive…

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YOLANDE BEEKMAN // SOE AGENT

“She was a British spy in WWII who served in the WAAF and SOE with the codenames of Mariette and Kilt. She was a member of SOE’s Musician circuit in occupied France during WWII where she operated as a wireless operator until arrested by the Gestapo. She was subsequently executed at the Dachau concentration camp.”

[ironcites]

The Heroine Spies of England’s Special Operations Executive Office in World War 2: PART 1

Yvonne Cormeau - British field agent and radio operator, shot in the leg but evaded capture.

Violette Szabo - French ensign. Captured and executed in Ravensbrück concentration camp.

Yolande Beekman - British ensign and wireless operator. Captured and executed in Dachau Concentration camp.

Odette Hallowes - “interrogated by the Gestapo fourteen times ... subjected to torture. Her back was scorched with a red-hot poker and all of her toenails were pulled out.” Odette SURVIVED capture.

Madeleine Damerment - French ensign. Captured and executed in Dachau concentration camp.

Andrée Borrel - French Lieutenant and courier. Captured and executed in  Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp.

Denise Bloch - French radio operator. Captured and executed in Ravensbrück concentration camp.

Lise de Baissac - British liason officer. Evaded capture in France to liberation.

Sonya Butt - British assistant section officer. Evaded capture in France to liberation.

Muriel Byck - British field agent and guerilla commander. Past away during the war by sickness from being exposed to the elements.