Mar 28 2022 22 mins
In today's Love Letters to... Melissa shares the incredible story of Krystyna Skarbek, aka, Catherine Granville, A Polish noblewoman of Jewish descent, she became one of Britain's most important spies during World War II, but the end of the war tilted her life in a tragic direction. Her homeland was handed to Stalin, and because she was a woman, the British intelligence services thought they had no use for her. In the end, this gallant hero became known to the British public as a victim of what we would now describe as a domestic violence murder. It's long past time the full story of Krystyna Skarbek's contributions to the modern global order are known and celebrated.
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