French World War II spy and Nazi concentration camp victim. Bloch was from a Jewish family who were rounded up by the Gestapo by the middle of 1942 in occupied France. In the city of Lyon, 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. 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. 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 département of France.
French World War II spy and Nazi concentration camp victim. Bloch was from a Jewish family who were rounded up by the Gestapo by the middle of 1942 in occupied France. In the city of Lyon, 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. 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. 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 département of France.
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