by Larry Loftis
Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp, 197
Naujoks, Harry, 201
Neagle, Anna, 262–63
Neuengamme concentration camp, 259
Neuhaüsler, Bishop, 218
Neustadt concentration camp, 222
Nice, France, 55, 128, 132
Nicholls, Arthur Frederick Crane, 248n
Niemöller, Martin, 217n, 218
Nijmegen, Holland, 215
1939–1945 Star, 265n
Ninth Army (U.S.), 215
Normandy, France, 91, 196, 197
Odette (see Sansom, Odette Marie Céline)
Odette (film), 262–63
Odette: The Story of a British Agent (Tickell), 259
Of Their Own Choice (P. Churchill), 278
Official Secrets Act, 259
Operation Argument, 182
Operation Bernhard, 188n
Operation North Pole, 118
Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.), 249, 265n, 269, 271, 274
Order Service, 237, 238
Oster, Hans, 217
OVRA (Organizzazione per la Vigilanza e la Repressione dell’Antifascismo), 84, 132
Paris, France, 55, 86–87, 128, 208
Pascal Hôtel, Manosque, 62, 63
Paul, Apostle, 141
Pearson, Daphne, 248n
Périgueux, France, 73–75, 77, 79
Perkins, Colonel, 270
Pertschuk, Maurice (Eugene), 79, 81, 84, 85, 88, 144
Peulevé, Henri, 134
Pflaum, Hans, 242
Philby, Kim, 20n
Philipp of Hesse, Prince, 218
Piguet, Gabriel, 218
Plewman, Eliane (Gaby), 190–92, 197
Popov, Dusko, 255
Potez 43 plane, 62
PROSPER circuit, 190, 191, 267
Provence, France, 128, 209
Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal, 265n
Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal, 265n
Rabinovitch, Adolphe (Arnaud), 39–40, 46, 49, 50, 62, 67, 75, 79, 81, 83, 89–92, 100, 102, 104–10, 112, 113, 117–19, 123, 132, 135, 147, 149, 151, 152, 270, 271, 276
Bardet, Roger and, 101, 103, 116
death of, 263
Girard, André and, 47, 64
loyalty of, 125
personality of, 37, 38
photograph of, 37
as radioman, 80, 84–85
Radio direction finding (Funkpeilwagens), 84–85
Raoul (see Churchill, Peter)
Ravensbrück concentration camp, Germany, 198–207, 209–13, 215–16, 220, 222, 229, 268
Rawicz extermination camp, 263
Red Army, 82, 175, 212, 213, 215, 216, 222, 229
Reich Criminal Code, 186
Reile, Oscar, 53, 54, 86–87, 92, 94–96, 117, 214
Remagen, Germany, 215
Rhine River, 193, 197, 210, 215
Riquet, Jacques (Riquet), 39, 62, 68, 69, 83–85, 90, 91, 101, 114
Roland, Captain, 73
Rowden, Diana (Paulette), 176, 190, 191, 197
Sachsenhausen concentration camp, 186–89, 194, 201, 213n
St. Helen’s convent, Brentwood, 64
St. Jorioz, France, 80, 83–84, 91, 93, 101, 102, 104, 105, 112, 117, 133, 147
St. Quentin, France, 191
Sansom, Francoise, 3–5, 10, 12, 25, 63, 64, 123, 124, 132, 170, 173, 174, 189, 206, 230, 258
Sansom, Lily, 3–5, 10, 12, 25, 63, 64, 123, 124, 132, 170, 173, 174, 189, 206, 230, 258
Sansom, Marianne, 3–5, 10, 12, 25, 63, 64, 123, 124, 132, 170, 173, 174, 189, 206, 230, 248, 258
Sansom, Odette Marie Céline (Lise)
alias in training of, 14
Arles-Chanoines operation, 68–72
arrest of, 114–16, 118
Auxerre mission, 37, 40, 49
awards given to, 248, 252, 259, 264–65, 269–72, 274, 276–78
Bardet, Roger and, 86, 93, 101, 103, 106, 110, 114
Bassillac operation, 73–78
bicycling by, 39–40, 49
biography of, 259, 276
birth of, 1
birth of children of, 3
Bleicher, Hugo and, 97–100, 105, 114–16, 129–33, 135–40, 154, 162–64, 168
blindnes of, 2–3, 204, 206
Buckmaster, Maurice and, 12–14, 22–28, 31, 241, 271, 274
in charge of SPINDLE, 90, 93–94
children of, 3–5, 10, 12, 25, 63, 64, 123, 124, 132, 170, 173, 174, 189, 206, 230, 258
Churchill, Peter and, 36, 50, 63–64, 72, 74, 81–82, 90, 105–10, 115, 124–28, 139–40, 145, 146, 156–57, 170–71, 175–78, 181, 233, 235, 269, 274, 275
Churchill (Winston) connection and, 126–27, 202–3, 230, 257, 263
code name of, 26
covers of, 26, 83
criticism of, 267–72, 274
death of, 264
debriefing of, 267, 276, 277
divorce from Peter, 264
divorce from Roy, 247
education of, 3
end of war and, 221–24, 229–31
evaluation of, 22–23
fall of, 111–12
film about, 262–63
Foot’s history of the SOE and, 277–78
George Cross awarded to, 248, 252, 259, 264–65, 268–71, 274, 276–78
to Germany, 189, 192–93, 195–99
grandfather’s influence on, 2, 23, 29, 265
health of, 2–3, 168–69, 206–10, 235–36, 241–42
imprisonment of, 122–33, 135–37, 139–40, 154–55, 159–60, 162–64, 168–71, 174–77, 181, 189, 195–97, 198–207, 209–13, 215–16, 219–20, 257–58, 268
injuries of, 24, 112
interrogation of, 146–47, 160–61, 172
investiture ceremony and, 249–53
marriage to Churchill, Peter, 256
marriage to Hallowes, Geoffrey, 264
marriage to Sansom, Roy, 3, 63, 64, 72
Marsac episode and, 97–100, 104
Marseille mission, 40–48, 60
move to French Alps, 80–83, 88
on Nazis, 9
Operation CLOTHIER and, 26–27
parents of, 1–2
personality and temperament of, 3, 36, 69
photographs of, 4, 15, 252, 262, 265
physical appearance of, 1, 13, 36, 66, 140
promoted to lieutenant, 249
in Ravensbrück, 198–207, 209–13, 215–16, 220, 268
at Ravensbrück war crimes trial, 242, 253, 256
recruited by SOE, 6, 8–13
remembering instructions by, 42–43
reunion with Peter, 235
sewing by, 169–70, 174–76, 261
SPINDLE circuit and, 60–86
stamp depicting, 264–65
Sühren, Fritz and, 202–3, 207, 209–10, 221, 222, 224, 227, 229, 268
torture of, 148–54, 251, 259, 270, 276
training of, 16–27
trial of, 173
trip to France, 28–34
uniform of, 14–15
views on captivity of, 258–59
Sansom, Roy, 3, 4, 11, 64, 247, 264
Schacht, Hjalmar, 219
Schellenberg, Walter, 216, 239
Schlabrendorff, Fabian von, 218, 224–26
Schuschnigg, Kurt von, 188
Schwarzhuber, Johann, 212
Schwedtsee River, 199
Secret Army, 91
Service du Travail Obligatoire, 9
Seythenex, France, 84
Sicherheitsdiensst (SD), 53, 117n, 237, 239
Sikorski, Wladyslaw, 31
SOE in France (Foot), 277–78
SOE (see Special Operations Executive, F (France) Section of)
Special Operations Executive, F (France) Section of, 35–37, 54, 59, 259
Foot history of, 273–78
founding of, 7
recruitment of Odette, 6, 8–13
secrecy of, 7–8
training for, 16–27, 56–57
(see also specific circuits)
SPINDLE circuit, 36, 55, 141, 177, 196, 209
Auxerre mission, 37, 39, 40, 49, 89, 91
Churchill as leader of, 36, 39–42, 46–50, 59–86
Marseille mission, 40–48, 60
St. Jorioz, 80, 83–84, 91, 93, 101, 102, 104, 105, 112, 117, 133, 147
Spirit in the Cage (P. Churchill), 278
Spiro, Edward (E. H. Cookridge), 268
SPRUCE circuit, 91
Staffenberg, Claus von, 225
Stalag Luft III, 194
Stalingrad, Russia, 82, 196
Starr, George, 33n
Starr, John Renshaw, 190
Steinert, Paul, 154, 157–59, 174, 177, 189, 261–62
Stephens, Robin, 255
Stirling, C. L., 253
STOCKBROKER circuit, 176n, 190
Strasbourg, France, 102
Stutthof concentration camp, 213n
Sühren, Fritz, 212, 213, 220
arrest of, 230
background of, 201
as commandment of Ravensbrück, 201–5, 229
escapes of, 242, 254, 259
Odette and, 202–3, 207, 209–10, 221, 222, 224, 227, 229, 268
photographs of, 202, 260
physical appearance of, 202
trial and execution of, 260
Suzanne (Bleicher’s mistress), 214, 215, 244, 245, 247
Suzanne (Lucienne), 83, 104
Szabo, Violette, 264n, 278
Talloires, France, 83, 105
Tauber, Richard, 171
They Fought Alone (Buckminster), 274, 275
Thiou River, 82
Third Army (U.S.), 215
Tickell, Jerrard, 259, 276
Toulon, France, 128, 132
Toulouse, France, 74, 79, 80
Tournus, France, 89
Tresckow, Henning von, 218, 225
Trommer, Richard, 212
Trude (guard), 160, 170, 175–78, 181, 189, 257
Turin, Italy, 126, 128, 132
Twain, Mark, 185n
Ustinov, Peter, 262
Utrecht, Holland, 215
Vaerum, Arne, 58
Vautrin, Colonel, 79
Vermehren, Isa, 219
Vichy France, 55
Vichy troops, 40
Villabassa, Italy, 223, 227–28
Vogt, Ernst, 143n
Völkischer Beobachter, 196
Vomécourt, Pierre de (Lucas), 243
Vught, Holland, 211
War Medal 1939–1945, 265n
Ward, Irene, 269, 271, 272
Wilhelmshaven, Germany, 82
Wilson, Ian, 255
Woolrych, Stanley, 22
World War I, 1–2, 51
“You Are My Heart’s Delight” (Tauber), 171
Young, John, 190
Zhukov, Georgy, 216
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Names: Loftis, Larry.
Title: Code name: Lise : the true story of the woman who became WWII’s most highly decorated spy / Larry Loftis.
Other titles: Code name Lise, the true story of the woman who became WWII’s most highly decorated spy
Description: First Gallery Books hardcover edition. | New York, NY : Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., [2019] | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018028438 (print) | LCCN 2018033170 (ebook) | ISBN 9781501198670 (ebook) | ISBN 9781501198656 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Odette, 1912–1995. | Spies—Great Britain—Biography. | Women spies—Great Britain—Biography. | World War, 1939–1945—Secret service—Great Britain. | World War, 1939–1945—Underground movements—France.
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