Lilian Vera Rolfe (1914 - 1945)

Born 26 Apr 1914 in Paris, France

Died 5 Feb 1945 at age 30 in Ravensbrück concentration camp, Germany

Biography

Lilian Vera Rolfe was an Allied secret agent in World War II.

Following the D-Day landings, an increasingly aggressive manhunt by the Gestapo led to the arrest of her superior officer. Nonetheless, Rolfe continued to work until her arrest at a transmitting house in Nargis on 31 July 1944. Transported to Fresnes Prison in Paris, she was interrogated repeatedly and tortured until August 1944, when she was shipped to Ravensbrück concentration camp. According to an admission made by a German officer after the war's end, she was so ill that she could not walk. On 5 February 1945, 30-year-old Rolfe was executed by the Germans and her body disposed of in the crematorium.

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilian_Rolfe
• "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HM1-25C : 2 March 2021), Lilian Verna Rolfe, 1943; citing Immigration, New York City, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).