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Cecile Pearl Witherington Cornioley (* 24. Juni 1914 in Paris; † 24. Februar 2008 in Châteauvieux) war während des Zweiten Weltkriegs eine Agentin der Special Operations Executive im besetzten Frankreich. Als Kommandantin einer Einheit von insgesamt 3000 Maquis führte sie gezielte Sabotage und Guerillakämpfe gegen die deutsche Wehrmacht durch. Sie war so erfolgreich, dass auf ihrem Operationsgebiet alles in allem ca. 18.000 Soldaten der Wehrmacht kapitulierten und die Deutschen ein Kopfgeld von 1 Million Francs auf sie aussetzten. Für ihre Verdienste wurde sie mit dem Order of the British Empire geehrt und in die Légion d’honneur aufgenommen.
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| dbo:abstract | Cecile Pearl Witherington Cornioley (* 24. Juni 1914 in Paris; † 24. Februar 2008 in Châteauvieux) war während des Zweiten Weltkriegs eine Agentin der Special Operations Executive im besetzten Frankreich. Als Kommandantin einer Einheit von insgesamt 3000 Maquis führte sie gezielte Sabotage und Guerillakämpfe gegen die deutsche Wehrmacht durch. Sie war so erfolgreich, dass auf ihrem Operationsgebiet alles in allem ca. 18.000 Soldaten der Wehrmacht kapitulierten und die Deutschen ein Kopfgeld von 1 Million Francs auf sie aussetzten. Für ihre Verdienste wurde sie mit dem Order of the British Empire geehrt und in die Légion d’honneur aufgenommen. (de) Cecile Pearl Witherington Cornioley (París, 24 de junio de 1914 - 24 de febrero de 2008) fue una agente británica de la SOE durante la II Guerra Mundial. Su dominio del francés le posibilitó la entrada como agente secreto en pleno conflicto bélico. (es) Pearl Witherington (1914 - 2008) fut, durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, une résistante active successivement dans deux réseaux de la section française F du SOE : * STATIONER de Maurice Southgate, dont elle fut courrier « Marie » de septembre 1943 à avril 1944 ; * WRESTLER, basé dans l'Indre et dont elle fut le chef « Pauline », de mai 1944 (arrestation de Southgate) à septembre 1944. (fr) Cecile Pearl Witherington Cornioley, CBE (24 June 1914 – 24 February 2008), code names Marie and Pauline, was an agent in France for the United Kingdom's clandestine Special Operations Executive (SOE) during the Second World War. The purpose of SOE was to conduct espionage, sabotage, and reconnaissance in occupied Europe against the Axis powers. SOE agents allied themselves with French Resistance groups and supplied them with weapons and equipment parachuted in from England. Witherington was born in Paris to British parents. She parachuted into France in September 1943 as a courier for the SOE Stationer Network and, in May 1944, became head of the SOE Wrestler Network in the Indre region in central France. She was the only woman to lead an SOE network and associated resistance groups, called maquis, in France. Witherington's network, comprising about 2,000 maquisard fighters after the invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944, was especially efficient in sabotaging railroads and telephone lines. The official historian of the SOE, M.R.D. Foot, characterized the Wrestler network as "highly successful." She was a recipient of the Order of the British Empire from the United Kingdom and the Legion of Honor and Croix de Guerre from France. (en) Pearl Witherington Cornioley (Parigi, 24 giugno 1914 – Valle della Loira, 24 febbraio 2008) è stata una militare britannica, operante come agente SOE nella Seconda Guerra Mondiale. È stata insignita dell'Ordine dell'Impero Britannico e della Legion d'onore. (it) Cecile Pearl Witherington Cornioley CBE (24 de junho de 1914 – 24 de fevereiro de 2008) foi uma agente da SOE durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial nascida em Paris, de pais britânicos. (pt) Cecile Pearl Witherington (Parijs, 24 juni 1914 — Châteauvieux, 24 februari 2008) was in de Tweede Wereldoorlog een Brits geheim agent in dienst van Special Operations Executive (SOE) in Frankrijk. Daar leidde zij het effectieve netwerk ‘Wrestler’. (nl) 塞西尔·珀尔·维什林顿·科尔尼奥利，CBE（英語：Cecile Pearl Witherington Cornioley， 1914年6月24日－2008年2月24日）是第二次世界大战期间（SOE）的一名女特工。 她生于巴黎，父母都是英国人。 (zh) |
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| dbp:quote | Pearl Winterington, a trained British courier, took over and ran an active maquis group of some two thousand men in Berry with gallantry and distinction after the Gestapo arrested her organiser. She was strongly recommended for an MC [Military Cross] for which women were held ineligible; and instead received a civil MBE, which she returned, observing that she had done nothing civil. (en) Pauline [Pearl Winterington] was the great creator of the North Indre Sector. Without any respite and with sang-froid and contempt for danger she and Jean [her fiancee] traveled around the various maquis...with extraordinary audacity. (en) |
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| rdfs:comment | Cecile Pearl Witherington Cornioley (* 24. Juni 1914 in Paris; † 24. Februar 2008 in Châteauvieux) war während des Zweiten Weltkriegs eine Agentin der Special Operations Executive im besetzten Frankreich. Als Kommandantin einer Einheit von insgesamt 3000 Maquis führte sie gezielte Sabotage und Guerillakämpfe gegen die deutsche Wehrmacht durch. Sie war so erfolgreich, dass auf ihrem Operationsgebiet alles in allem ca. 18.000 Soldaten der Wehrmacht kapitulierten und die Deutschen ein Kopfgeld von 1 Million Francs auf sie aussetzten. Für ihre Verdienste wurde sie mit dem Order of the British Empire geehrt und in die Légion d’honneur aufgenommen. (de) Cecile Pearl Witherington Cornioley (París, 24 de junio de 1914 - 24 de febrero de 2008) fue una agente británica de la SOE durante la II Guerra Mundial. Su dominio del francés le posibilitó la entrada como agente secreto en pleno conflicto bélico. (es) Pearl Witherington (1914 - 2008) fut, durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, une résistante active successivement dans deux réseaux de la section française F du SOE : * STATIONER de Maurice Southgate, dont elle fut courrier « Marie » de septembre 1943 à avril 1944 ; * WRESTLER, basé dans l'Indre et dont elle fut le chef « Pauline », de mai 1944 (arrestation de Southgate) à septembre 1944. (fr) Pearl Witherington Cornioley (Parigi, 24 giugno 1914 – Valle della Loira, 24 febbraio 2008) è stata una militare britannica, operante come agente SOE nella Seconda Guerra Mondiale. È stata insignita dell'Ordine dell'Impero Britannico e della Legion d'onore. (it) Cecile Pearl Witherington Cornioley CBE (24 de junho de 1914 – 24 de fevereiro de 2008) foi uma agente da SOE durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial nascida em Paris, de pais britânicos. (pt) Cecile Pearl Witherington (Parijs, 24 juni 1914 — Châteauvieux, 24 februari 2008) was in de Tweede Wereldoorlog een Brits geheim agent in dienst van Special Operations Executive (SOE) in Frankrijk. Daar leidde zij het effectieve netwerk ‘Wrestler’. (nl) 塞西尔·珀尔·维什林顿·科尔尼奥利，CBE（英語：Cecile Pearl Witherington Cornioley， 1914年6月24日－2008年2月24日）是第二次世界大战期间（SOE）的一名女特工。 她生于巴黎，父母都是英国人。 (zh) Cecile Pearl Witherington Cornioley, CBE (24 June 1914 – 24 February 2008), code names Marie and Pauline, was an agent in France for the United Kingdom's clandestine Special Operations Executive (SOE) during the Second World War. The purpose of SOE was to conduct espionage, sabotage, and reconnaissance in occupied Europe against the Axis powers. SOE agents allied themselves with French Resistance groups and supplied them with weapons and equipment parachuted in from England. (en) |
| rdfs:label | Pearl Witherington (de) Pearl Cornioley (es) Pearl Witherington (fr) Pearl Witherington (it) Pearl Witherington (nl) Pearl Witherington (en) Pearl Witherington (pt) 珀尔·维什林顿 (zh) |
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