Madeleine Damerment

Madeleine Zoe Damerment (November 11, 1917, Lille, France – September 13, 1944, Dachau concentration camp) was a World War II spy. Madeleine Damerment was born in Lille, the daughter of the Headpostmaster of Lille; following the occupation of France by the Germans in World War II, her family became actively involved with the French Resistance. The unassuming twenty-two-year-old Madeleine worked as an assistant to Michael Trotobas on the escape line set up by Albert Guérisse. She helped downed British airmen and others to escape France until 1942, when it is believed that one of her fellow resistance workers, Harold Cole, betrayed the group and she had to flee to England. Once in England, Damerment volunteered to work with the Special...