French World War II heroine and Nazi concentration camp victim. At the beginning of the war she helped treat wounded soilders as a nurse. When Germany overtook Paris she was not willing to except her countries defeat and joined a Nazi resistance group when her resistance group was uncovered she fled to Portugal in 1942 she became only one of two female paratroopers to be parachuted into Nazi occupied France. Probrobly because of a traitor she was arrested by the Gestapo and was later killed in at Auschwitz.
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Lieutenant, Women's Transport Service (F.A.N.Y.). Age: Unknown.
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Andrée Borrel Born 18 November 1919
Yvelines Paris France
Died ( Murdered ) 6th July 1944 Age 24
Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp in Alsace
Unwilling to accept France’s defeat to Germany in 1940 Andrée worked for the French Resistance around Perpignan in Vichy France helping the Resistance to smuggle Allied airmen out of France.
The group was uncovered in December 1941 and she had to flee to Portugal where she worked for the Free French Propaganda Office.
In April 1942 she escaped to England where she signed up with the French section of the Special Operations Executive ( the SOE ).
At night-time on September 24 1942 Andrée was parachuted into France with another French agent Lise de Baissac. Andrée was the first female agent to be parachuted into occupied France. She landed near to the Loire River where she was picked up by members of a resistance group.
Borrel knew Paris very well so she joined a group there run by Francis Suttill who was so impressed by Borrel’s work that in Spring of 1943 she became second in command of the group. They committed sabotage, coordinated in bringing in weaponry and recruited helpers to the group.
In June 1943 the Gestapo caught up with this group – almost certainly because of a betrayal. Several members – including Suttill and Borrel – were arrested and interrogated.
Borrel was put in Fresnes Prison south of Paris. Conditions were horrific Torture was commonplace.
After a year – in May 1944 – Borrel and 3 other female prisoners were moved to the Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp in Alsace.
On July 6th 1944 all 4 were to be executed with injections of phenol and then incinerated in the crematorium at the camp. However there is much evidence that Borrel recovered as she was being pushed into the gas ovens and she put up some fierce resistance before being pushed alive into the gas flames. She was 24.
Later the doctor who gave the injections and the camp executioner were executed for war crimes.
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See Special Operations Memorial in Andree Borrel Ashes scattered in mass grave.
∼Rank: Lieutenant
Service No: F/3
Regiment/Service: Women's Transport Service (F.A.N.Y.)
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Lieutenant, Women's Transport Service (F.A.N.Y.). Age: Unknown.
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Andrée Borrel Born 18 November 1919
Yvelines Paris France
Died ( Murdered ) 6th July 1944 Age 24
Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp in Alsace
Unwilling to accept France’s defeat to Germany in 1940 Andrée worked for the French Resistance around Perpignan in Vichy France helping the Resistance to smuggle Allied airmen out of France.
The group was uncovered in December 1941 and she had to flee to Portugal where she worked for the Free French Propaganda Office.
In April 1942 she escaped to England where she signed up with the French section of the Special Operations Executive ( the SOE ).
At night-time on September 24 1942 Andrée was parachuted into France with another French agent Lise de Baissac. Andrée was the first female agent to be parachuted into occupied France. She landed near to the Loire River where she was picked up by members of a resistance group.
Borrel knew Paris very well so she joined a group there run by Francis Suttill who was so impressed by Borrel’s work that in Spring of 1943 she became second in command of the group. They committed sabotage, coordinated in bringing in weaponry and recruited helpers to the group.
In June 1943 the Gestapo caught up with this group – almost certainly because of a betrayal. Several members – including Suttill and Borrel – were arrested and interrogated.
Borrel was put in Fresnes Prison south of Paris. Conditions were horrific Torture was commonplace.
After a year – in May 1944 – Borrel and 3 other female prisoners were moved to the Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp in Alsace.
On July 6th 1944 all 4 were to be executed with injections of phenol and then incinerated in the crematorium at the camp. However there is much evidence that Borrel recovered as she was being pushed into the gas ovens and she put up some fierce resistance before being pushed alive into the gas flames. She was 24.
Later the doctor who gave the injections and the camp executioner were executed for war crimes.
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See Special Operations Memorial in Andree Borrel Ashes scattered in mass grave.
∼Rank: Lieutenant
Service No: F/3
Regiment/Service: Women's Transport Service (F.A.N.Y.)
French World War II heroine and Nazi concentration camp victim. At the beginning of the war she helped treat wounded soilders as a nurse. When Germany overtook Paris she was not willing to except her countries defeat and joined a Nazi resistance group when her resistance group was uncovered she fled to Portugal in 1942 she became only one of two female paratroopers to be parachuted into Nazi occupied France. Probrobly because of a traitor she was arrested by the Gestapo and was later killed in at Auschwitz.
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Lieutenant, Women's Transport Service (F.A.N.Y.). Age: Unknown.
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Andrée Borrel Born 18 November 1919
Yvelines Paris France
Died ( Murdered ) 6th July 1944 Age 24
Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp in Alsace
Unwilling to accept France’s defeat to Germany in 1940 Andrée worked for the French Resistance around Perpignan in Vichy France helping the Resistance to smuggle Allied airmen out of France.
The group was uncovered in December 1941 and she had to flee to Portugal where she worked for the Free French Propaganda Office.
In April 1942 she escaped to England where she signed up with the French section of the Special Operations Executive ( the SOE ).
At night-time on September 24 1942 Andrée was parachuted into France with another French agent Lise de Baissac. Andrée was the first female agent to be parachuted into occupied France. She landed near to the Loire River where she was picked up by members of a resistance group.
Borrel knew Paris very well so she joined a group there run by Francis Suttill who was so impressed by Borrel’s work that in Spring of 1943 she became second in command of the group. They committed sabotage, coordinated in bringing in weaponry and recruited helpers to the group.
In June 1943 the Gestapo caught up with this group – almost certainly because of a betrayal. Several members – including Suttill and Borrel – were arrested and interrogated.
Borrel was put in Fresnes Prison south of Paris. Conditions were horrific Torture was commonplace.
After a year – in May 1944 – Borrel and 3 other female prisoners were moved to the Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp in Alsace.
On July 6th 1944 all 4 were to be executed with injections of phenol and then incinerated in the crematorium at the camp. However there is much evidence that Borrel recovered as she was being pushed into the gas ovens and she put up some fierce resistance before being pushed alive into the gas flames. She was 24.
Later the doctor who gave the injections and the camp executioner were executed for war crimes.
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See Special Operations Memorial in Andree Borrel Ashes scattered in mass grave.
∼Rank: Lieutenant
Service No: F/3
Regiment/Service: Women's Transport Service (F.A.N.Y.)
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Lieutenant, Women's Transport Service (F.A.N.Y.). Age: Unknown.
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Andrée Borrel Born 18 November 1919
Yvelines Paris France
Died ( Murdered ) 6th July 1944 Age 24
Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp in Alsace
Unwilling to accept France’s defeat to Germany in 1940 Andrée worked for the French Resistance around Perpignan in Vichy France helping the Resistance to smuggle Allied airmen out of France.
The group was uncovered in December 1941 and she had to flee to Portugal where she worked for the Free French Propaganda Office.
In April 1942 she escaped to England where she signed up with the French section of the Special Operations Executive ( the SOE ).
At night-time on September 24 1942 Andrée was parachuted into France with another French agent Lise de Baissac. Andrée was the first female agent to be parachuted into occupied France. She landed near to the Loire River where she was picked up by members of a resistance group.
Borrel knew Paris very well so she joined a group there run by Francis Suttill who was so impressed by Borrel’s work that in Spring of 1943 she became second in command of the group. They committed sabotage, coordinated in bringing in weaponry and recruited helpers to the group.
In June 1943 the Gestapo caught up with this group – almost certainly because of a betrayal. Several members – including Suttill and Borrel – were arrested and interrogated.
Borrel was put in Fresnes Prison south of Paris. Conditions were horrific Torture was commonplace.
After a year – in May 1944 – Borrel and 3 other female prisoners were moved to the Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp in Alsace.
On July 6th 1944 all 4 were to be executed with injections of phenol and then incinerated in the crematorium at the camp. However there is much evidence that Borrel recovered as she was being pushed into the gas ovens and she put up some fierce resistance before being pushed alive into the gas flames. She was 24.
Later the doctor who gave the injections and the camp executioner were executed for war crimes.
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See Special Operations Memorial in Andree Borrel Ashes scattered in mass grave.
∼Rank: Lieutenant
Service No: F/3
Regiment/Service: Women's Transport Service (F.A.N.Y.)
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