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Was Noor Inayat Khan tortured?
On 13 September 1944, a beautiful Indian princess lay on the floor in a concentration camp in Dachau. She had been brutally tortured and shot through the head by an SS guard. Her name was Noor Inayat Khan. The Germans knew her only as Nora Baker, a British spy.
What is Noor Inayat Khan famous for?
She was the first female radio operator be sent into Nazi-occupied France and is also remembered as Britain’s first Muslim war heroine. “It is fitting that Noor Inayat Khan is the first woman of Indian-origin to be remembered with a Blue Plaque.
How was Noor Inayat Khan betrayed?
Now, 76 years after 29-year-old Noor Inayat Khan was captured by the Gestapo and executed in the Dachau concentration camp, a previously-unpublished account reveals that it was her love of the colour blue that betrayed her to the enemy. Codenamed Madeleine, she became a high-value target for the Gestapo.
What did Noor Inayat Khan do in ww2?
As an SOE agent under the codename Madeleine she became the first female wireless operator to be sent from the UK into occupied France to aid the French Resistance during World War II. Inayat Khan was captured after being betrayed, and executed at Dachau concentration camp.
Who was the first female SOE agent?
Pearl Witherington was the only woman to officially head an SOE network in France, although others fulfilled that role on occasion. In addition to this list of female F Section agents in France, eleven women agents of the RF section of SOE were sent to France in 1944.
Are there any SOE agents still alive?
Furious, the Germans redoubled their efforts to catch SOE agents. Four female SOE agents had been put to death in a concentration camp by lethal injection that month. They were cremated, but evidence emerged later that some of them were still alive when they went into the ovens.
How was Noor found and captured in Paris?
Code named ‘Madeleine’, Noor landed by plane one dark night in June 1943 in northern France. Armed with her ‘L-pill’, a lethal capsule of cyanide to be used if captured, she made her way to Paris.