Gestapo Papers relating to Odette Churchill, Second World War

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Description

Object description

Series of papers relating mainly to the SOE agent Odette Churchill (Sansom), code name 'Lise', comprising: Notice of Committal to Prison (Einlieferungsanzeige, 1p ts) of Odette Churchill, dated 13 May 1944, issued by the Karlsruhe Gestapo; official list (2pp ts) of her personal possessions at the time of her arrival in prison in Karlsruhe (Einbringensverzeichnis, dated 13 May 1944); notice from Karlsruhe Gestapo to the prison governor, dated 18 May 1944 (1p ts), stating that she is to be kept in 'protective custody' until further notice; order from Karlsruhe Gestapo to the prison governor (1p ts), dated 7 July 1944, informing him that she is to be transferred to Ravensbruck concentration camp; two notices received by the Karlsruhe police (2pp ts), dated 11 and 18 July 1944, concerning her transportation to Ravensbruck; official form (2pp ts, undated) recording her transfer from Gestapo detention in Karlsruhe to Ravensbruck (stamped 'Untersuchungshaftanstalt Karlsruhe'); together with a small number of miscellaneous documents relating to the SOE 'F Section' agents Harry Ree and Jacqueline Nearne, including two 'forged' ID cards (and possibly other documents) which were prepared for the postwar film NOW IT CAN BE TOLD.

Content description

History note

Cataloguer SWW

History note

Catalogue date 1999-06

Object Details

Category: Private papers
Related period: Second World War (content), 1945-1989 (content)
Dimensions: whole: 1 file
Catalogue number: Documents.8204

Object associations

Associated people and organisations

Hallowes, Odette Marie Céline
Rée, Harry Alfred
Nearne, Jacqueline Francoise Mary Josephine
German Secret Police, Gestapo
Special Operations Executive (SOE)
Special Operations Executive (SOE), F Section
Associated places

Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Ravenbruck camp, Brandenburg, Germany
Associated subjects

Original documents
Miscellaneous Documents

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Gestapo Papers relating to Odette Churchill, Second World War

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