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Agent Zo: The woman who defied the Nazis and Communists

Agent Zo: The woman who defied the Nazis and Communists

Episode 667 Published 1 year, 2 months ago
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Agent Zo was the only female Polish resistance agent to reach London as a courier during WWII and the only female member of Poland's fabled 'Silent Unseen' paratroopers. Yet despite having researched Poland's wartime resistance movement, many of us have never heard of her. Why?


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