Agnès Humbert
French art historian and ethnographer Agnès Humbert was also a member of the French Resistance during World War II.
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Sofka Skipwith
Russian princess who worked to save Jews from the Holocaust.
Tatiana Markus
When Kyiv fell under German occupation in 1941, Markus joined the underground resistance. She carried out sabotage missions, often disguised as innocent gestures, like throwing a grenade hidden as a bouquet. Using a false identity as “Marcousisse,” she worked at an officer’s dining facility, poisoning SS officers’ meals and eliminating a valuable Gestapo informant.
Mildred Harnack
American literary historian, translator, and a member of the German resistance against the Nazi regime.
Marianne Joachim
Jewish German resistance activist during the Nazi era, actively involved with the “Prenzlauer Berg Antifascist Group” (Antifaschistischen Gruppe im Prenzlauer Berg Berlin / AGiP).
Irena Sendler
Vital member of the Polish Underground Resistance during World War II in German-occupied Warsaw, heading the children’s section of Żegota from October 1943.
Simone Segouin
Notable figure in the French Resistance during World War II.
Hannie Schaft
Dutch resistance fighter during World War II, renowned as “the girl with the red hair.”
Truus Oversteegen
Dutch sculptor and painter who she played a significant role in the anti-Nazi Dutch Resistance
Freddie Oversteegen
Freddie Oversteegen was a member of the resistance during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands during World War II.