Caroline Moorehead

Agent Zo: the Polish blonde with nerves of steel

Clare Mulley celebrates the courage of Elzbieta Zawacka, who repeatedly risked her life in the second world war liaising between London and the Polish Resistance

Elzbieta Zawacka. [The General Elżbieta Zawacka Foundation (zawacka.pl) , Toruń, Poland]

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