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INDEX
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Abbeville, France, 41, 51
Abwehr, 50, 53, 55, 67, 86, 89, 118, 155, 164, 171, 239, 246
ACROBAT circuit, 176n, 190
Afrika Korps, 40, 176
Aix-en-Provence, France, 60, 63
Albrechtstrasse, Berlin, 179–85, 187
Alençon, France, 196
Angoulème-Bordeaux railway line, 196
Annecy, France, 80, 82–84, 89, 93, 101, 103, 112, 115, 155
Antiaircraft batteries, 69–70
Antibes, France, 81, 264
Antoine (see Malval, Henri de)
Anzio, Italy, 175
Aristotle, 206
Arles, France, 63, 64, 66, 67, 69–71, 89, 263
Arles-Chanoines operation, 67–73
Arnaud (see Rabinovitch, Adolphe)
Atkins, Vera, 234, 273
Attwood, Captain, 228–29
Aufseherinnen, 199n
Auschwitz concentration camp, 212
AUTHOR circuit, 134
Auxerre, France, 37, 40, 49, 89, 91, 214
Baker Street (see Special Operations Executive (SOE), F (France) Section of)
Bardet, Roger (Chaillan), 83, 86, 91, 93–94, 97, 100, 102, 106, 113, 141, 155, 171, 190, 238, 245–47, 254, 259
arrest of, 117
betrayal by, 99, 110, 114, 116
Odette and, 86, 93, 101, 103, 106, 110, 114
physical appearance of, 86
Basin, Francis, 36, 269
Bassillac operation, 73–78
Beekman, Yolande (Yvonne), 190–93, 197
Berlin, Germany, 179–84, 221, 222, 229
Bernadotte, Folke, 219
Bernard (courier), 43–45, 48, 62
Blanc, Marie-Lou (Suzanne), 34, 36, 39, 62, 65
Bleicher, Hugo (Monsieur Jean, Colonel Henri), 112, 128, 141, 171, 240, 275
arrest of, 238
background of, 50–51
Churchill, Peter and, 134–35, 139–40, 154–57, 164–67
early spy work of, 52–55
escape of, 214–15, 237–38
imprisonment of, 244–47, 254
interrogation of, 239, 244, 254
Marsac, André and, 92–96, 99–103, 117
Odette and, 97–100, 105, 114–16, 129–33, 135–40, 154, 162–64, 168
photograph of, 54
physical appearance of, 97
return to Paris, 242–44
in World War I, 51, 140
Bleicher, Lucie, 51
Bligh, Timothy, 271–72
Bloom, Marcus, 33n
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 184, 217
Bonin, Bogislaw von, 219, 227–28
Boom, Corrie ten, 206n
Bordeaux, France, 102
Borni, Renée, 53
Borrel, Andrée (Denise), 190, 191, 193, 197
Boxshall, Edwin, 273, 277
Brailly, Gaston, 1–2, 5, 9
Brailly, Grandfather, 2, 4, 23, 29, 265
Brailly, Louis, 1, 3, 5, 6
Brailly, Yvonne, 1–3, 5, 6, 261
Braun, Eva, 222
Brenner Pass, 222
BRICKLAYER circuit, 190
Britain, Battle of, 4, 183
Brook, Sir Norman, 271, 272
Buchenwald concentration camp, 81, 91n, 188, 216, 217n, 245
Buchowski, Jan, 31–34
Buckmaster, Maurice, 37, 59, 60, 74, 88, 91, 92, 103, 104, 106, 116–19, 172, 209, 262, 274
background of, 12
on Bleicher, Hugo, 254, 255
on Churchill, Peter, 36, 271, 274
criticism of, 267
end of war and, 208
Foot’s history of SOE and, 273–74
Odette and, 12–14, 22–28, 31, 241, 271, 274
physical appearance of, 132
Burckhardt, Carl, 216
Caen, France, 52, 196
Camargue, France, 73
Cammaerts, Francis (Roger), 89, 91, 93–95, 106, 116, 118, 125, 132, 135, 147, 149–50, 196, 209, 263, 270–71, 276–77
Canaris, Wilhelm, 217, 224
Cannes, France, 48, 49, 55, 64, 69, 73, 79–81, 86, 94, 103, 116, 118, 128, 150, 263
Carré, L
ily, 53, 238, 243n
CARTE circuit, 39, 55, 59–60, 86, 88–89
Carte (see Girard, André)
Casale, René, 79
Chambrun, Pierre (see Churchill, Peter)
CHANCELLOR circuit, 160
Chauvet, Pierre (see Churchill, Peter)
Cherbourg, France, 52
Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur, 249, 265n
Chilver, Marie Christine (Fifi), 20
Choltitz, Dietrich von, 208
Churchill, Jack, 226
Churchill, Peter (Michel, Raoul), 18, 43, 161
Arles-Chanoines operation, 68–73
arrest of, 114–15, 118, 119
awards given to, 249
background of, 34–35
Bardet, Roger and, 86
Bassillac operation, 73–78
Bleicher, Hugo and, 134–35, 139–40, 154–57, 164–67
Buckminster, Maurice on, 274, 275
Churchill (Winston) connection and, 126–27, 134, 145, 162, 180, 182, 203, 230, 257, 263
cover identity of, 36, 83
criticism of, 267–71, 274
death of, 264
divorce from Odette, 264
end of war and, 222–29, 232–35
escape attempt by, 120–22
exchange business, 134, 145, 162, 178–79
in Flossenbürg concentration camp, 217
Fol outing and, 164–67
Foot’s history of the SOE and, 277, 278
in Germany, 178–85
imprisonment of, 119–20, 123–29, 133–34, 139–42, 154–59, 164, 167, 175–77, 180–83, 184–85
interrogation of, 143–45, 165, 251
investiture ceremony and, 249–50, 252–53
in London, 89–91, 104, 106
loss of brothers of, 103
marriage to Odette, 256
move to French Alps, 80–84, 88
Odette and, 5, 36, 63–64, 72, 74, 81–82, 90, 105–10, 115, 124–28, 139–40, 145, 146, 156–57, 170–71, 175–78, 181, 233, 235, 269, 274, 275
personality of, 36
photograph of, 35
physical appearance of, 34
poem-code of, 58–59
promoted to major, 249, 275
religion and, 141–42, 159
return to England, 234–35
return to France, 105–11
reunion with Odette, 235
in Sachsenhausen concentration camp, 186–89, 194
SPINDLE circuit and, 36, 39–42, 46–50, 59–86
Churchill, Winston, 6, 7, 34, 91, 126, 134, 160, 173, 180, 182, 197, 202–3, 225, 230, 257
Claire (Helen James), 92–93
Codes, 56–59, 177
Compiègne, France, 90
Cottet, Jean, 83, 107–8, 110–13, 116, 117, 123
Cottet, Simone, 83, 107–8, 110, 113, 116, 123
Croix de Guerre, 249
Czerniawski, Roman, 53
D-Day, 196
Dachau concentration camp, 188, 197, 213n, 226n, 218
Daily Mail, 269
Daily Telegraph, 268–69, 271
Dalton, Hugh, 6–7
Damerment, Madeleine (Solange), 190–92, 197
Day, “Wings,” 194
de Gaulle, Charles, 41, 144
Death’s Head units, 188
Deggendorf, Germany, 260
Delestraint, Charles (Monsieur Vidal), 41, 42, 43, 48
Delmas, Lucienne, 169
Dents de Lanfon, 82
Despaigne, H. M. R., 42
Dijon, France, 214
Direction-finding vehicles, 58, 80, 85
Distinguished Service Order, 249
Dodge, Johnny, 194
Domino Hotel, Périgueux, 74, 75, 78
DONKEYMAN circuit, 89n
Dora concentration camp, 216
Dowse, Sydney, 194
Duboudin, Georges, 91
Duel of Wits (P. Churchill), 275, 278
Durance River, 60
Düsseldorf, Germany, 215
Eichmann, Adolf, 242
Emile, 160–61, 169
Empire Gallantry Medal, 248n
Eppenschlag, Germany, 259
Eugene (see Pertschuk, Maurice)
Évreux, France, 196
Fairbairn, William, 18, 120
Falconer, Hugh, 234
Faverges, France, 80, 104
Fénélon Hotel, Périgueux, 75
Ferraro, Colonel, 218, 228
First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY), 14, 57
Flossenbürg concentration camp, 216n, 217, 226n
Flügge, Wilhelm von, 218, 219
Fol, Biche, 165–66, 174
Fol, Charles, 157, 164–66, 174
Foot, M. R. D., 273–78
Frager, Henri (Paul, Louba), 59, 69, 72, 73, 75, 76, 77–80, 83, 86, 89, 90, 96, 113, 245–46
Frager, Mrs. Henri, 112
France and Germany Star, 265n
Frankfurt, Germany, 198
Free French, 208
French Alps (Haute-Savoie), 80–84, 88
Fresnes Prison, Paris, 93–96, 99, 100, 128–36, 139–40, 154–55, 159–60, 162–64, 168–71, 174–77, 181, 187, 189–90, 195–97
Frizi (dog), 76, 77
Frommagot, Lucienne, 93
Fürstenberg Station, Germany, 199
Fürstengrube concentration camp, 213n
Garibaldi, General, 218, 228
Gaston, Monsieur, 92
Gebhardt, Karl, 201
Geheime Feldpolizei, 52, 53
Geneva Convention, 26, 124
George Cross, 248, 251, 259, 264–65, 269–71, 274, 276–78
George of Lydda, Saint, 136n, 140
George VI, King of England, 248n, 250, 251, 262
Gestapo, 40–41, 50, 53, 67, 79–81, 85, 94–96, 99, 114–15, 117, 118, 126, 128, 129, 131, 132, 134–37, 139–56, 163–65, 169, 172–73, 176, 179, 180, 182, 185, 186, 192, 195, 200, 201, 225–26n, 243, 244, 251, 254, 255, 270, 276
Gibraltar, 31, 35
Girard, André (Carte), 39, 46, 47, 59–60, 62, 64, 69, 72, 73, 267
Gisèle (courier), 79
Glaieulles Hotel, Talloires, 105, 112
Goering, Hermann, 160
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 158, 159
Gontrand, Monsieur, 41, 42, 60–63, 65, 67
Goodman, Derrick and Company, 277
Goring, Marius, 262
Grand Hôtel Nord Pinus, Arles, 69–71
Great Escape, the, 194
Grendon Underwood wireless station, 57–58
Grenoble, France, 132
Gubbins, Colin, 31, 271, 276
Guthrie, Major, 1, 5, 6, 10
Halder, Franz, 219
Halifax, Edward F., 6
Halifax airplane, 108, 109
Halle, Germany, 198
Hallowes, Geoffrey, 264
Hallowes, Odette (see Sansom, Odette Marie Céline)
Havel River, 199
Hemingway, Ernest, 2
Hérail, Simone, 168–69, 253, 276
Herbert, Mary, 33n
Hess, Rudolf, 134, 162
Heydrich, Reinhard, 236
Himmler, Heinrich, 53, 180, 188, 198, 204, 210–12, 216, 220, 223, 229
Hindenburg, Paul von, 4
Hitler, Adolf, 4, 25–26, 94, 100, 153, 173, 185n, 208, 217, 218n, 219, 222, 223, 225, 229
Hoffmeyer, Erik, 179–80
Hôtel Bergerac, Paris, 95
Hôtel de la Poste, Faverges, 80, 83–84, 97, 116, 275
Hôtel Moderne, Marseille, 41–43
Hôtel Splendide, Marseille, 41
Howard, Trevor, 262
Hudson airplane, 60, 62–64, 73, 103
Innsbruck concentration camp, 218–19
Inside S.O.E. (Spiro), 268
INTERALLIÉ network, 50, 52–54, 243
INVENTOR circuit, 171, 190
Italian Carabinieri, 114, 118, 124, 127, 128, 155
James, Jimmy, 194
JEAN MARIE circuit, 89n
Jepson, Selwy
n, 6, 8–10, 12
JOCKEY circuit, 209
Jodl, Alfred, 232
Jones, Sidney, 171
Journal de la Villa Isabelle, Le (Malval), 267–68
Juan-les-Pins, France, 39
Jura mountains, 88, 107, 192
Kállay, Miklós, 219, 227
Kaltenbrenner, Ernst, 239
Karlsruhe, Germany, 193, 195
Keiffer, Jean Lucien (Kiki), 52–53, 64, 91, 238
Keitel, Wilhelm, 232
Kesselring, Albert, 228, 232
Khan, Noor Inayat, 264n
Kieffer, Hans Josef, 117, 143n, 246
Knox, Robert, 271
Kreisau Circle, 224
Kursk, Russia, 82
La Tournette, 82
Lake Annecy, 82, 105, 109
Langlois, Jacques, 62, 83, 86
Latour, Jacques (Jacques), 63, 68, 69, 74, 75, 77–79, 83, 86, 90, 91
Le Belge, Louis (Le Belge), 83, 113, 114, 259
Le Chene, Marie-Thérèse, 33n
Leigh, Vera (Simone), 171, 190, 191, 193, 197
Lejeune (Lejeune), 83, 93, 97
Les Tissots, France, 104
Lieberose concentration camp, 213n
Lise (see Sansom, Odette Marie Céline)
L’Isle, France, 77
Livry-Level, Philippe, 106, 108
Louis, Joe, 37
Luberon Regional Nature Park, 60
Luftwaffe, 182, 183
Lysander airplane, 73, 75, 76, 80, 89, 90, 104, 167
MI6, 155
Macmillan, Harold, 271, 272
Malchow concentration camp, 220, 221
Malval, Henri de (Antoine), 36, 37, 65, 79, 267–68
Maquis of Glières, 86, 104, 112, 116, 119, 123, 143, 144, 196, 214, 246, 247
Markowitz, T., 241, 276
Marks, Leo, 37, 57–59, 275
Marsac, André, 34, 36, 41, 60, 62, 74, 80, 83, 85, 91, 140, 155, 156, 254
arrest of, 87, 92–93, 99, 104, 244–45
Bleicher, Hugo and, 92–96, 99–103, 117
briefcase of, 55–56, 89
escape plan for, 99–103, 117
interrogation of, 94–97
Marsac, Michelle, 82–83, 117
Marseille, France, 34, 40–48, 55, 74, 79, 80, 102, 192
Masterman, J. C., 31, 52
Maugenet, André, 190
Mensur, 185
Mewes, Margaret, 203–4
Moltke, Helmuth James Graf von, 224n
MONK circuit, 190, 192
Mont Blanc, 82
Mont Semnoz, 105
Mont Veyrier, 82
Montgomery, Bernard, 232
Montréjeau, France, 84
Morse code, 85
Muggeridge, Malcolm, 155
Müller, Heinrich, 242
Müller, Josef, 218
Münchof concentration camp, 22
MUSICIAN circuit, 190
Mussolini, Benito, 221
Nancy, France, 102
