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Agent Zo: spying against the Nazis

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4.34.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Operating under the codename Agent Zo, Polish resistance fighter Elżbieta Zawacka was one of the most courageous intelligence agents of the Second World War. From running secret missives under the noses of the Nazis, to parachuting behind enemy lines, Clare Mulley recounts her dramatic story to Ellie Cawthorne. (Ad) Clare Mulley is the author of Agent Zo: The Untold Story of Fearless WW2 Resistance Fighter Elżbieta Zawacka (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2024). Buy it now from Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Agent-Zo-Fearless-Resistance-Elzbieta/dp/1399601067/?tag=bbchistory045-21&ascsubtag=historyextra-social-histboty. The HistoryExtra podcast is produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:34.6

Welcome to the History Extra podcast, fascinating historical conversations from the makers of BBC History Magazine.

0:44.9

Known under the codename Agent Zoe, the Polish resistance fighter El Shbeta Zavatska was one of the most remarkable intelligence agents of the Second World War.

0:55.9

In a new book, Claire Mully recounts her dramatic wartime story,

1:00.5

from running secret missives under the noses of the Nazis to parachuting behind enemy lines.

1:06.6

I spoke to Claire to find out more.

1:09.6

Welcome back to the History Extra podcast, Claire.

1:12.1

You've written a new book, Agent Zoe.

1:15.1

So before we go any further, can you give us a brief introduction to the woman that we're going to be discussing in today's episode?

1:21.8

Who was Agent Zoe?

1:24.1

Her name was Elspietta Zavatska.

1:26.1

She was Polish-born.

1:29.3

She was known in Britain as Elizabeth Watson, but she's really known as Zoe. Her name was Elspietta Zavatska. She was Polish-born. She was known in Britain as Elizabeth Watson, but she's really known as Zoe. That was her nomdegar that she chose for herself. And she

1:35.6

was the only woman to parachute from Britain to Nazi-occupied Poland during the Second World War.

1:41.6

And she was the only female member of the Chico Chiemni,

1:44.8

which are the Polish Special Forces paratroopers. They were, it translates as the silent unseen.

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