Sonia Olschanezky

Sonia Olschanezky
Olschanezky during WW2
Nickname(s)Tania (SOE codename)
Suzanne Ouvrard (SOE alias)
Born(1923-12-25)25 December 1923
Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany
Died6 July 1944(1944-07-06) (aged 20)
Natzweiler-Struthof, France
AllegianceFrance
Service/branchFrench Resistance
Special Operations Executive
Years of service1940–1944
UnitJuggler (SOE)
Commands heldJuggler circuit after the organizer (Jean Worms) was captured and the second in command (Jacques Weil) fled to Switzerland, while still serving as this circuit’s courier.
Battles/warsSecond World War

Sonia Olschanezky (25 December 1923 – 6 July 1944) was a member of the French Resistance and the Special Operations Executive during World War II.[1][2][3][4] Olschanezky was a member of the SOE's Juggler circuit in occupied France where she operated as a courier until she was arrested by the Gestapo and was subsequently executed at the Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp.[1]

  1. ^ a b Kramer 1995, pp. 181–206.
  2. ^ "Sonia Olschanezky". Spartacus Educational. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
  3. ^ "O is for Sonya Olschanezky". Shooting Parrots. 18 April 2017. Retrieved 2017-09-08.
  4. ^ "Sonia Olschanezky". le site EdC. Retrieved 2017-09-08.

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