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Atkins was of Jewish descent, something she took pains to hide at various times in her life. She was born Vera-May Rosenberg on June 15, 1908, in Galatz, Romania. She later took her English mother's maiden name, which was Atkins, when she moved to England in the 1930s, and she replaced May with the more Christian-sounding Maria.
10 de dic. de 2008 · From an award-winning journalist comes this real-life cloak-and-dagger tale of Vera Atkins, one of Britain’s premiere secret agents during World War II. As the head of the French Section of the British Special Operations Executive, Vera Atkins recruited, trained, and mentored special operatives whose job was to organize and arm the resistance in Nazi-occupied France.
14 de sept. de 2005 · In A Life in Secrets Sarah Helm has stripped away Vera Atkins’s many veils. Drawing on recently released sixty-year-old government files and her unprecedented access to the private papers of the Atkins family, Helm vividly reconstructs a complex and extraordinary life. 528 pages, Hardcover. First published September 14, 2005.
12 de abr. de 2022 · Vera Atkins, la espía británica. Vera Atkins nació en Rumania el 16 de junio de 1908 y falleció en el año 2000. Fue hija de padre judío alemán y madre británica.
20 de nov. de 2017 · The real-life drama will center on Vera Atkins, the British intelligence officer who recruited for Winston Churchill and oversaw the secret agents who parachuted into France to sabotage the Nazis.
4 de dic. de 2007 · Paperback – December 4, 2007. by Sarah Helm (Author) 4.4 1,197 ratings. See all formats and editions. From an award-winning journalist comes this real-life cloak-and-dagger tale of Vera Atkins, one of Britain’s premiere secret agents during World War II. As the head of the French Section of the British Special Operations Executive, Vera ...
Once rumored to have been the inspiration for Ian Fleming’s Miss Moneypenny, Vera Atkins climbed her way to the top in the Special Operations Executive, or SOE: Britain’s secret service created to help build up, organize, and arm the resistance in the Nazi-occupied countries. Throughout the war, Atkins recruited, trained, and mentored the agents for the SOE’s French Section, which sent ...
