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, an 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.

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Music First on BBC Sounds. Autumn begins as a season for movement and ends with everything changed.

From the boggy pools of the Scandinavian tiger forests, west to the far coast of Greenland,

and east to the Arctic coast of Siberia, geese are breeding.

Throughout the far north, birds have been raising young all summer long,

making the most of the season of light and food.

From the cliffs of Svalbard, where they have been breeding out of the poor reach of polar bears,

Barnquagese gozlings have jumped before they are capable of flying,

landing in the soft embrace of Arctic tundra.

The fortunate will make it. In the volcanic central plateau of Iceland,

pink-fitted geese have survived the season of being strafed by eagles and battered by the

capricious Icelandic climate. The geese of the north are converting food into yellow fat,

stored just beneath their skin,

ready to fuel the long flight in a skein pointing south.

Five wild species will head to Britain for the winter.

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