He tells her that she will be sent to France as a secret agent, and if she's caught, she's going to be shot.

I'm Helen Obalam Carter, and this is history's secret heroes, where I shine a light on extraordinary stories from World War II.

What they wanted was someone to get themselves arrested and sent to Auschwitz.

Tales of deception and incredible acts of resistance and courage. She was a born soldier.

She's a freedom fighter in its widest sense. The brand new series of history's secret heroes.

Listen first on BBC Sounds. Hello and thank you very much for downloading the Scotland Outdoors podcast.

I'm Mark Stephen with me this week.

Miss Helen Needham.

Feeling autumnal.

Are you but you of,

how does that manifest itself?

Well, the leaves are falling off the trees.

I've been making lots of preserves lately, trying to use up all the fruit.

Why have you not brought any in?

Oh, sorry, I forgot.

You fell right into that one.

Yeah, whoops.

Speaking about preserves and things,

earlier I came across a really unusual piece of, I don't know,

is it medieval baking?

One way it eventually got it out of the ground.

You can see it's someone special.

...