Dutch school teacher, a respected head of school, who was killed by the SD during the Nazi reprisal Action Silbertanne. During WW2, Arend (E: Eagle)…
French-Senegalese actor, singer, and poet. Son of a German soldier, he was bred by his grandmother. During his childhood, he was blind (2 years). He…
Dutch captain of the Royal Netherlands Army during World War II. His parents were Benjamin Hendrik Boers (17 October 1860, Kamerik, Woerden – 6 May…
Dutch entrepreneur, soldier, politician and resistance man. Boellaard was a member of the Boellaard family and a son of Willem Hendrik Cornelius Boellaard (1866-1951), officer,…
French military, a General and State Secretary of Defense. He was one of France’s most decorated career soldiers, known as the “world’s best paratrooper.” Charles…
United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military’s highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II. By 23…
Italian judge, better known as an author, who is considered by many the greatest Italian playwright next to Pirandello. Betti studied law in Parma at…
French secret agent who spied on the Germans for the British during World War I using the pseudonym of Alice Dubois. She was nicknamed “the…