The Special Operations Executive (SOE) was established in July 1940 during the early days of the Second World War. A secret British organization the purpose of which was to conduct espionage, sabotage, and reconnaissance in occupied Europe, the SOE numbered among its recruits dozens of women, many of whom were dropped into Nazi-occupied France to conduct dangerous covert operations. To be captured by German forces meant certain death. Yet rather than being deterred by the threat of torture and interrogation, these agents demonstrated courage and bravery beyond what was expected in the field. Indeed, all are remembered for their gallantry and determination against a terrifying and merciless enemy. Click through and commemorate the fearless exploits of the women who served with the wartime SOE.
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Crew members could be seen filming alongside several vintage cars as Gillian walked alongside a male co-star.
White Bird: A Wonder Story follows a young girl hidden by a family in Nazi-occupied France during World War II.
Shoot: The actress, 52, donned a brown jacket and dark grey trousers as she filmed an outdoor scene surrounded by numerous cast and crew
Filming: The Crown star also sported brown boots while at one point she wrapped herself up in a coat to stay warm between takes
Plot: White Bird: A Wonder Story follows a young girl hidden by a family in Nazi-occupied France during World War II
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Priceless Library is the Closing of a Circle for Portugal
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A priceless collection located in the newly-built Chabad library in Cascais, Portugal. chronicles the nation’s rich Jewish history through the lens of the region’s seforim, including a
reshima the Rebbe wrote while there.
By Menachem Posner – Chabad.org
The year was 1497. Just five years after leaving his native Spain due to the Edict of Expulsion, Rabbi
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