Krystyna Skarbek

Krystyna Skarbek

During World War 2, Krystyna Skarbek became a British spy and smuggled intelligence reports and anti-tank guns from Hungary to the Allies. When she was arrested by Gestapo, she bit her tongue hard enough to bleed and convinced them she had tuberculosis, which made them release her.

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