That’s not surprising. For a brief, intense period her life was extraordinary. As a member of the wartime Special Operations Executive, she did her country unflinching service. Faced with Nazi torture, she responded, by all accounts, heroically.
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The last of the quiet heroes
The passing of Eileen Nearne at 89 has made headlines.
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