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Beekman-Unternährer, Yolande Elsa Maria "Yvonne"

Date of birth:
November 7th, 1911 (Paris, France)
Date of death:
September 11th, 1944 (Dachau/Bavaria, Germany)
Mentioned on:
Air Forces Memorial Runnymede
Nationality:
British (1801-present, Kingdom)

Biography

Yolande Beekman was married to Jaap Beekman. She was an agent of the SOE in France during the Second World War. Yolande was arrested by the Gestapo on 13 January 1944 and subsequently murdered in Dachau.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
F Section, Special Operations Executive (SOE), British Government

Posthumously received with gold plated star.
Croix de Guerre (1939-1945)

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