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- Krystyna Skarbek was her real name. But she had many code names – can you name one of them, other than Christine Granville?
- What was Krystyna's first job?
- When she gave a package to a German officer to hide, what did Krystyna say was in it?
- Why was Krystyna given a new identity, a British identity? And what was her new name?
- A German doctor thought she had TB, but what was the real reason Krystyna’s lungs were scarred?
- What was the code name of the Germany’s planned invasion of Russia?
- Where did Christine do much of her spy training before being sent into German-occupied France?
- Name one of the British spy organisations
- How did Krystyna hide a spy map in plain sight?
- What kind of dog did she befriend in France?
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- When Krystyna was born, her home country Poland was controlled by Russia. During World War II Poland was invaded by Nazi Germany, and after 1945 occupied by the Soviet Union.
Do you think this occupation of her country had an impact on Krystyna’s decision to work as a spy? How would you have felt if Poland had been your country, and you were Krystyna?
Please email your answers to henrietta@wonderaudio.co.uk
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