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(British 'Special Operations Executive' in France During the Second World War) Odette Hallowes was a Special Operations Executive agent during the Second World War. She was arrested by spy-hunter Hugo Bleicher on 16 April 1943 and was imprisoned in Ravensbrück for the rest of the war. Odette Hallowes was honored by the United Kingdom with the prestigious George Cross, becoming the first woman to receive the honor.
