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Review—Spymistress: The Life of Vera Atkins: The Greatest Female Agent in World War II Reviewed by Thomas F. Troy William Stevenson (New York: Arcade Publishing, 2007), 354 pages.
31 de ene. de 2022 · Vera Atkins grew up on the estate owned by her wealthy parents. While there, Vera got to know several diplomats who were members of British Intelligence, some of whom were later to support her application for British nationality, and to whom in view of her and her family's strong pro-British views, she may have provided information as a "stringer"--a reporter who works for a publication or ...
25 de feb. de 2023 · Vera Atkins (1908-2000) was a Romanian-born British intelligence officer who worked for the France Section of the Special Operations Executive during WWII. She briefly attended Sorbonne and later emigrated to the UK. She remained unmarried and lived with her mother until her death. Her father, a wealthy businessman, went bankrupt and died in 1932.
25 de nov. de 2021 · Describes the life and espionage career of Vera Atkins, a talented agent who rose to the top of the Special Operations Executive (SOE), a British secret service dedicated to aiding resistance efforts throughout Nazi-occupied Europe Includes bibliographical references (pages 477-480) and index
Leben. Vera Atkins wurde als Vera Maria Rosenberg in einer jüdischen Familie in Rumänien geboren, Rudolf Vrba war ihr Vetter. Ihr Vater war Maximilian Rosenberg, geboren 1874 in Kassel.Atkins ist der Geburtsname ihrer in Südafrika geborenen Mutter, den sie später als Familiennamen annahm. 1933 emigrierte sie mit ihrer Familie nach Großbritannien und 1935 nach Frankreich.
9 de ene. de 2020 · Vera Atkins was born Vera Maria Rosenberg in Galați, Romania, to Max Rosenberg, a German-Jewish father, and his British-Jewish wife, Zeffro Hilda, known as Hilda. She briefly attended the Sorbonne in Paris to study modern languages and a finishing school at Lausanne, where she indulged her passion for skiing, before training at a secretarial college in London.
11 de oct. de 2011 · But Vera Atkins’s central role has been hidden until after she died; William Stevenson promised to wait and publish her story posthumously. Now, Vera Atkins can be celebrated and known for the hero she was: the woman whose beauty, intelligence, and unwavering dedication proved key in turning the tide of World War II.
