Long, Vera (Oral history)

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British civilian secretary with Polish Section, Special Operations Executive in Italy, 1944

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REEL 1 Aspects of period as civilian secretary with Polish Section Special Operations Executive in Italy, 1944: details of unit; problems with operations; attitude towards Soviet Union and Poland; knowledge of proposed uprising in Warsaw; reaction to failure of Warsaw Uprising; memories of section head Harold Perkins; supplying Polish Resistance; opinion of betrayal of Polish Home Army; support from Prime Minister Winston Churchill; details of unit presence in Monopoli including leisure activities in Bari and composition of unit; work of Polish Section. REEL 2 Continues: reflections on Warsaw Uprising.

Object details

Category: Sound
Related period: Second World War (content)
Creator: October Films (Production company)
Loscia, Wanda (recorder)
Long, Vera (interviewee/speaker)
Production date: 2005
Dimensions: whole: Duration 32, Number Of Items 2
Catalogue number: 30934

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