by Rosemary Say
Portugal (1)
Spain (1), (2)
British forces (1), (2), (3), (4)
British Government (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) see also Churchill, Winston; RAF
bronchitis (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)
Bull, John (1)
Burgess, Guy (1)
Canada (1)
Caserne Vauban barracks (1), (2)
bar (1), (2)
parties (1), (2)
food (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)
letters and parcels (1), (2)
male prisoners (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7)
nuns (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)
pastimes (1), (2), (3)
prostitution (1)
protests (1), (2)
sanitation and washing facilities (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)
see also German forces; health; Kommandant; Schwesters
Casino (Vittel) (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)
censorship (1), (2), (3)
Chagall, Marc (1)
chef (at Police canteen) (1)
Christine (POW) (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8)
Christmas (1), (2)
Churchill, Winston (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7)
cinemas (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)
Close, Edward (1), (2)
clothes (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8)
communism (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8) see also Soviet Union
concentration camps (1), (2), (3)
Craig, Edward Gordon (1)
Cripps, Stafford (1)
cycling (1), (2)
Danielou family (1), (2)
daughter (RS’s) (1)
de Gaulle, Charles (1), (2), (3)
delousing (1), (2)
Denmark (1)
dentist (in Besançon) (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)
Derriman, Miss (POW) (1)
disease see health
doctors (1), (2), (3), (4)
drama group (1)
Driberg, Tom (1), (2)
dysentery (1), (2)
Eden nightclub, Marseille (1)
education (RS’s) (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8)
employment (RS’s)
at American hospital (1), (2)
as journalist (1)
in Kommandant’s office (1), (2), (3), (4)
in police canteen (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)
as secretary (1), (2), (3)
for Special Operations Executive (1), (2)
see also au pairing
Épinal (1)
escape (to Marseille)
breaking out of Vittel (1)
crossing into Vichy France (1)
dentist in Besançon (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)
hatching plans (1)
punishment for room-mates (1)
Swiss border town (1)
train journeys (1), (2), (3)
via Besançon (1), (2)
via Épinal (1)
via Lyon (1)
via Nancy (1), (2)
via Poligny (1)
workmen at Vittel (1), (2), (3), (4)
see also Marseille
Evening Standard (1)
Everton-Jones, Ben (1)
exercise and sport (1), (2), (3) see also pastimes and entertainment
exodus (in France) (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)
family see father; letters to and from home; mother; Say, David; Say, Joan
Fargue, Léon-Paul (1)
father (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11) see also letters to and from home
Fiocca, Henri (1), (2), (3)
First World War (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)
food (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14), (15), (16), (17), (18), (19), (20), (21), (22)
French Navy (1)
Fritz (RS’s friend in Marseille) (1), (2)
fuel supplies (1), (2), (3)
German forces (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8)
at Caserne Vauban barracks (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9)
invade Denmark and Low Countries (1)
invade France (1), (2)
invade Poland (1)
in Paris (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10)
and Soviet Union (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)
at Vittel (POW camp) (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10)
see also Hitler, Adolf; Kommandant
Gestapo (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)
Goebbels, Joseph (1)
Halifax, Lord (1)
health (1), (2), (3), (4)
bronchitis (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)
dysentery and food poisoning (1), (2)
Heaton, Margaret (1), (2), (3)
Henri (from Poligny) (1), (2)
Hibberd, Stuart (1)
Hitler, Adolf (1), (2), (3), (4)
Hoffman, Carl (1)
Holland, Julian (1)
hospital, Neuilly (1), (2)
Howard, Leslie (1)
identity papers (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14), (15)
imprisonment see Caserne Vauban barracks; escape; Vittel (POW camp)
interrogation (1)
Ireland (1), (2)
Izard children (1), (2), (3), (4)
Izard, Georges (1), (2), (3), (4)
Izard, Mme. Georges (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13)
Japan (1)
Jews (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12)
Joseph (soldier on train to Paris) (1), (2), (3)
King, Norman (1), (2), (3), (4)
Kommandant (of POW camps) (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14), (15)
Kommandantur, Paris (1), (2), (3)
Launder, Frank (1)
Laurent (policeman in Paris) (1)
letters to and from home (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14), (15), (16), (17), (18), (19), (20), (21)
lice and fleas (1), (2)
Lifar, Serge (1)
Lisbon (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)
Luftwaffe (1)
Lyon (1)
Mackay, Ian (1)
Madrid (1), (2)
Manguin, Catherine (1), (2), (3)
Manguin, Claude (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8)
Manguin, Henri ‘Biquet’ (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7)
Manguin, Jean-Pierre (1), (2), (3), (4)
Manguin, Jeanne (1)
Manguin, Lucile (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)
Manguin, Odette (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7)
Manguin, Père (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)
Marcel (POW) (1)
Marek (RS’s boyfriend in Marseille) (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)
Marie (POW) (1), (2), (3)
marriage (1)
La Marseillaise (1)
Marseille (1), (2)
matron (at American hospital) (1), (2)
mental illness (1)
money (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14), (15), (16)
Morbelli, Madame (1), (2), (3)
Moscow (1), (2)
mother (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8) see also father; letters to and from home
Nancy (town) (1), (2), (3)
Nansen passports (1)
National Union of Students (1), (2)
navy see British forces; French navy
New Years Eve, Marseille (1)
North Africa (1)
nuns (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)
Official Secrets Act (1)
Oran (1)
parents see father; letters to and from home; mother
Paris
German forces in (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10)
Rosemary Say
arrest (1)
whilst at American Hospital (1)
whilst at police canteen (1)
whilst au pairing (1)
passports and v
isas (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14), (15), (16), (17), (18), (19) see also identity papers
pastimes and entertainment (POWs) (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)
Patrice (RS’s boyfriend in Avignon) (1), (2), (3)
Paul (POW) (1)
Peggy (RS’s friend in London) (1), (2)
poetry (1), (2), (3)
Poland (1)
police (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8)
Police canteen (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)
Poligny (1)
politics (1) see also British Government; Churchill, Winston; communism; German forces; Hitler, Adolf; Stalin, Joseph
Portugal (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)
Powers, John (1)
Prisoner of War camps see arrest (RS’s); Caserne Vauban barracks; escape; Vittel
Prisoner of War Department (British) (1)
Prisoners Committee (1), (2), (3), (4)
propaganda (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9)
prostitutes (1), (2), (3)
Przepiorka, Shula (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14), (15), (16), (17), (18), (19), (20), (21), (22)
RAF (Royal Air Force) (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)
Randall, Lee J. (1), (2), (3), (4)
rationing (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)
Read, Ernest (1)
Red Cross (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12)
refugees (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8) see also exodus
religion (1)
Ricardo (RS’s boyfriend in Madrid) (1)
Ritz, Madame (1)
Ronka (POW) (1), (2), (3)
Rosemary (POW) (1)
Roussel, Ker-Xavier (1)
Russian New Year see also Soviet Union
Ruth, Schwester (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7)
salesman (at Vittel) (1)
Say, David (RS’s brother) (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)
Say, Joan (RS’s sister) (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7)
Say, Mr see father
Say, Mrs see mother
school see education
Schwesters (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)
Scrieber, Olga (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)
seances and fortune telling (1)
Seidmann, Ginette (1)
Sert, Misia (1), (2)
sex (1), (2), (3), (4)
Signac, Paul (1)
Simone (Manguin family maid) (1)
Skipworth, Sofka (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)
Soviet Union (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8)
Spain (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8)
Spanish Civil War (1), (2)
Spanish men (in Besançon) (1)
Special Operations Executive (SOE) (1), (2), (3)
St-Tropez (1), (2)
Stalin, Joseph (1), (2)
Stanley (POW) (1), (2)
Stewart, Frida (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14), (15), (16), (17), (18), (19), (20), (21), (22), (23), (24), (25), (26), (27), (28)
Story, Sylvia (1), (2)
suitcases (RS’s) (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10)
Sutton, Edward (1), (2), (3)
Switzerland (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8)
telegrams see letters to and from home
Terry, Ellen (1)
Thomas Cook & Son Ltd (1), (2)
toilet and washing facilities (POW camps) (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)
Toledo (1)
travel
aeroplanes home (1), (2), (3)
to Avignon (1)
to Lisbon (1)
to Madrid (1)
to Paris (June 1940) (1)
plans to go home (June 1940) (1)
to Spain (1)
train journeys to Besançon (1), (2)
train to Épinal (1)
train to Marseille (1)
train to Nancy (1)
train to Vittel (1)
train to Waterloo (1)
see also escape
Two Thousand Women (film) (1)
United States (1), (2), (3)
United States Embassy and Consulates
Lyon (1)
Marseille (1), (2), (3)
Paris (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)
Vichy France see escape; exodus; Marseille; travel
violins (1), (2), (3)
visas and passports see identity papers; passports and visas
Vittel (POW camp) (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)
class and nationality divisions (1), (2)
letters and parcels (1), (2), (3), (4)
male prisoners (1), (2)
pastimes and entertainment (1)
Two Thousand Women (1)
see also escape; German forces
Vollard, Ambroise (1)
Vuillard, Édouard (1)
Wake, Nancy (1), (2), (3)
washing and toilet facilities (POW camps) (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)
White, Madeleine (POW) (1), (2), (3)
Wiborg, Mary ‘Hoytie’ (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7)
Young Women’s Christian Association, Paris (1), (2)
Ziege, Alfred (1), (2)
PLATES
Rosie in Welsh Girls’ School uniform in 1927.
Rosie (right) and her sister Joan on a Girl Guides trip to Germany, 1935.
Farewell at Victoria Station: Rosie (second from left) with her mother, father, boyfriend Bobby and brother David.
Rosie’s passport.
At the bottom is her precious exit visa from France, following her escape.
Madame Manguin in Avignon, 1939.
Rosemary with the Manguin children in 1942.
Rosemary and her prized bicycle, La Reine Marie, in Avignon.
The Manguins and Rosie in St-Tropez.
Rosie is in good health: a cable from Claude Manguin to Commander Say, July 1940. By then, France had fallen.
Madame Izard and the children.
Note scribbled in pencil at the police station to Madame Izard on Rosie’s arrest in Paris, 1940. It was delivered by a friendly policeman.
Rosemary’s German registration papers, Paris, 1940. At this time she was working in a police canteen and had to report to the Kommandantur every day.
© Photothèque CICR (DR)
Imprisonment: the barracks at Besançon, originally built in the Napoleonic era.
Roast chicken, plum pudding, sweets and champagne: Rosie’s imaginative birthday menu drawn by Shula in Besançon, 1941.
German offical postcard for POWs, sent from the Grand Hotel, Vittel, to Rosie’s parents.
‘Plenty to do’: Rosie reassures her anxious parents and asks them to contact Frida’s.
(Mémorial de la Shoah/CDJC)
Part of the escape route: in the foreground a soldier keeps watch at the main gates and to the left stands the guardroom.
(Mémorial de la Shoah/CDJC)
Surrounded by barbed wire: imprisoned in Vittel. The collection of hotels contained in parkland made a very effective prison.
Fellow inmate, Shula Przepiorka, daughter of a Jewish leather worker and imprisoned because of her British passport.
Fellow escapee and great friend Frida Stewart.
Inside the Grand Hotel in Vittel: (from left to right) Frida, Rosie, Shula and Penelope.
An official photograph of Rosie, taken in 1940.
Rosie and Alfred in Marseille, early 1942. Life in the zone libre was a good deal less constricted than in Occupied France.
‘Bonne Année’: New Year’s Day menu, Marseille, 1942.
Striking, generous, irrepressible: Nancy Wake. The Australian SOE agent, a key figure in the French Resistance, befriended Rosie in Marseille.
Rosemary is ‘very well’: letter from Hoytie Wiborg to Commander Say, January 1942.
Postcard to Pattison Road from Madrid, 3 March 1942. After nearly two years in an enemy-occupied country, Rosie reaches neutral territory.
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br /> Bill from the Hotel Mora in Madrid, for a room that Rosie and Frida shared.
£35. 15s. 6d.: the single-fare journey from Lisbon to the UK.
Twenty-eight balls of wool: a receipt from John Smith’s drapery in Adare, Co. Limerick.
Rosie’s telegram to her father on arriving at Bournemouth, following the flight from Ireland to Poole, March 1942.
‘As if they were just back from a Continental holiday’: report on the front page of the London Evening Standard, 14 March 1942. Rosie clutches a string bag containing a pineapple purchased in Lisbon.
Indebted to HMG: letter from the Foreign Office regarding repatriation expenses.
The battle over Rosie’s debt: the Foreign Office warns of ‘other measures’.
Rosie and Robert (Bobby) Hawkings at Pattison Road, 1942.
Rosie and Ricardo, September 1944.
This is the life: Rosie and Ricardo in Madrid.
