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    Maria Krystyna Janina Skarbek, OBE, GM (Polish pronunciation: [krɨˈstɨna ˈskarbɛk], /krɪstiːnə skɑːrbɛk/; 1 May 1908 – 15 June 1952), also known as Christine...
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  • British Special Operations Executive during the Second World War, Krystyna Skarbek. It also starring Frederick Schmidt, Agata Kulesza, Ingvar Sigurdsson...
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  • biographer of notable women. Her subjects have included Eglantyne Jebb; Krystyna Skarbek, aka Christine Granville; Hanna Reitsch and Melitta von Stauffenberg;...
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  • marathon swimmer Krystyna Pyszková (born 1999), Czech model and Miss World 2023 Krystyna Radziwiłł (1560-1580), Polish noblewoman Krystyna Skarbek (1915-1952)...
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  • Donald McCormick claimed that Fleming based Vesper on Polish agent Krystyna Skarbek, who was working for Special Operations Executive when he knew her...
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    Papers 2018 Valentina Prest Looted 2019 Kasia The French Dispatch 2021 Girlfriend The Palace 2023 Zula The Partisan 2024 Krystyna Skarbek Post-production...
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  • west from the invading Soviets. By war's end, Skarbek arrived in Britain. His cousin was Krystyna Skarbek, who worked for British secret services (the...
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    first disabled man to complete SOE's parachute training. (His lover, Krystyna Skarbek, aka Christine Granville, was the longest serving female agent of SOE...
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  • including some Polish idioms that Skarbek (or Kowerski) translated metaphrastically – literally – into English. Krystyna Skarbek Poglish [1][dead link] Timesonline...
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  • Madeleine Masson, in her biography of the Polish World War II S.O.E. agent Krystyna Skarbek, quotes her as speaking of "lying on the sun" and astutely surmises...
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