A Second World War air raid shelter, filled with fascinating portraits scrawled on the walls.

Inside one of the chambers is a time capsule underground art gallery, of sorts. The walls are covered with around 20 portraits, mostly drawn in charcoal or soot. Many depict women with 1940s hairstyles, alongside soldiers and well-dressed men. Some are signed with initials.

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A Second World War air raid shelter, filled with fascinating portraits scrawled on the walls.

Inside one of the chambers is a time capsule underground art gallery, of sorts. The walls are covered with around 20 portraits, mostly drawn in charcoal or soot. Many depict women with 1940s hairstyles, alongside soldiers and well-dressed men. Some are signed with initials.

#England #WorldWar2 #WW2 #History #Bunker #Shelter #Photography #Underground #MastoArt #Sketch #Portrait

#OnThisDay, 22 Jan 1944, Sonia Olschanezky is arrested by the Gestapo. She'd run an Special Operations Executive guerrilla network near Paris after the leader was arrested. The British-based SOE supported the French Resistance to Nazi occupation.

She was killed at the Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp six months after her arrest.

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#OnThisDay, 22 Jan 1944, Sonia Olschanezky is arrested by the Gestapo. She'd run an Special Operations Executive guerrilla network near Paris after the leader was arrested. The British-based SOE supported the French Resistance to Nazi occupation.

She was killed at the Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp six months after her arrest.

#WomenInHistory #Histodons #WorldWar2 #WomenAtWar

Very early #OnThisDay, 4 Jan 1944, Anne-Marie Walters parachutes into occupied France to become a British Special Operations Executive agent. The SOE supported the French Resistance to Nazi occupation.

In August 1944 she escapes over the Pyrenees, and later writes a book about her exploits.

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Very early #OnThisDay, 4 Jan 1944, Anne-Marie Walters parachutes into occupied France to become a British Special Operations Executive agent. The SOE supported the French Resistance to Nazi occupation.

In August 1944 she escapes over the Pyrenees, and later writes a book about her exploits.

#WorldWar2 #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons

🧵 #OnThisDay, 23 Aug 1941, American Virginia Hall arrives in France to work for the British Special Operations Executive.

Hall ended up on the German's “most wanted” list as 'the limping lady'.

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🧵 #OnThisDay, 23 Aug 1941, American Virginia Hall arrives in France to work for the British Special Operations Executive.

Hall ended up on the German's “most wanted” list as 'the limping lady'.

#WomenInHistory #WorldWar2#AmericanHistory#OTD #History#WomensHistory#Histodons
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She worked for 13 months and was never captured. You can hear her story on the Imperial War Museum site. https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80007171

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She worked for 13 months and was never captured. You can hear her story on the Imperial War Museum site. https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80007171

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Very early #OnThisDay, 14 Aug 1943, Eliane Plewman parachutes into Nazi-occupied France to become a courier for the Special Operations Executive. The British SOE supported the French resistance. A courier would move messages and equipment between people.

Captured after 7 months, she was executed in Dachau in Sept 1944.

#WomenInHistory#OTD #History#WomensHistory #WorldWar2#Histodons

Very early #OnThisDay, 14 Aug 1943, Eliane Plewman parachutes into Nazi-occupied France to become a courier for the Special Operations Executive. The British SOE supported the French resistance. A courier would move messages and equipment between people.

Captured after 7 months, she was executed in Dachau in Sept 1944.

#WomenInHistory#OTD #History#WomensHistory #WorldWar2#Histodons

Very early #OnThisDay, 7 Jul 1944 Krystyna Skarbek parachutes into France to work as a Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent. The British SOE worked with resistance fighters across German-occupied Europe.

Skarbek had been the first woman to be an SOE agent when she'd previously been sent to Hungary and Poland in 1939-41.

#WomenInHistory#OTD #History#WomensHistory#EuropeanHistory #WorldWar2#Histodons

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Very early #OnThisDay, 7 Jul 1944 Krystyna Skarbek parachutes into France to work as a Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent. The British SOE worked with resistance fighters across German-occupied Europe.

Skarbek had been the first woman to be an SOE agent when she'd previously been sent to Hungary and Poland in 1939-41.

#WomenInHistory#OTD #History#WomensHistory#EuropeanHistory #WorldWar2#Histodons

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#OnThisDay, 28 May 1944, Sonia Butt parachutes into occupied France as an explosives expert for the British Special Operations Executive. She'd turned 20 two weeks earlier.

She trained the maquis and coordinated sabotage operations. She was never captured.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WorldWar2 #Histodons
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#OnThisDay, 1 May 1944, South African Phyllis Latour parachutes into occupied France to be a radio operator for the British Special Operations Executive.

She's never captured.

She died in 2023, in New Zealand.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WorldWar2 #Histodons
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Very early #OnThisDay, 30 April 1944, New Zealander Nancy Wake parachutes into occupied France to be a courier for the Special Operations Executive. The British SOE supported French Resistance to Nazi occupation.

Nick-named 'the white mouse' by the Gestapo, she is never captured. She died in 2011.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WorldWar2 #Histodons