Berthe Fraser GM (née Vicogne; 1894–1956) was a French Resistance agent who fought the Germans and helped more than 100 allied airmen escape during the Second World War.[1]: 70 She spent two years of the war in prison, in one case being tortured for 28 days. She was awaiting execution by the Gestapo in September 1944 but was saved by Allied soldiers who drove away her captors.
As a result of her actions and "acts of great bravery", she was awarded medals from France, the United Kingdom, and the United States.[2]
Fraser married a British soldier in 1919 after he served in the First World War. They settled in Arras, France.[3]
- ^ Bodson, Herman (13 September 2005). Downed Allied Airmen and Evasion of Capture: The Role of Local Resistance Networks in World War II. McFarland. ISBN 9780786422166.
- ^ "Papers Concerning Berthe Fraser GM". London, UK: Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
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