The Gestapo’s Most Wanted person in World War II -Nancy Wake
Nancy Wake evaded any chance of capture by The Gestapo. The Gestapo called her The White Mouse.
It is a hot summer in France. Germany had occupied France, and there were checkpoints at every junction to check movements of resistance groups.
A lady came to a German inspection point in a cycle and questioned the purpose of her travel. She spoke fluent French and told them she traveled this far visit a relative in a nearby town.
The lady continued her journey with the same lie in every checkpoint. The lady cycled 500 kilometers in 72 hours for a radio set. The lady was Nancy Wake. The German secret police, or Gestapo, called her “The White Mouse.”
Before the war:
Nancy Wake was born in New Zealand and moved to France and started her career as a journalist. Nancy was a revolutionary for her period.
Nancy fell in love with Henri Edmond Fiocca, a French industrialist, and settled in Marseilles. Nancy being a reporter, had her views on European politics.
Nancy was feeling the hatred of the Nazi Party engulfing Germany and warned her friends about the dangers Europe might face.
