Damerment, Madeleine, 1917-1944

Madeleine Damerment was born in Lille, France. Following the German Occupation of France, Madeleine joined the Resistance she was actively involved in an escape route to send downed R.A.F Air Crews back to England. In England, Madeleine joined the French Section of the Special Operations Executive. On the night of the 28th February 1944 she was parachuted into a field near Chartres in France. Unfortunately she had been betrayed and the Gestapo were waiting for her, she was captured and taken to The Gestapo Headquarters and interrogated and tortured before being sent to the Karlsruhe Prison in Germany. Damerment was executed in Dachau Concentration Camp.