ADOLFO KAMINSKY, aged 97
An amateur chemist who narrowly avoided the Holocaust, he became the Resistance’s master forger – the man the Nazis couldn’t catch. He saved thousands of lives.
VALERIE ANDRE, aged 102
A trained doctor, she joined the French army and learned to fly helicopters, treating injured soldiers in battle. She was also the first female French general.
MADELEINE RIFFAUD, aged 100
A French resistance fighter who was tortured by the Gestapo, she played a key role in the liberation. She later served as a journalist in various war zones.
DENNIS BRYDEN, aged 97
A pilot in the RAF, he was shot down over Europe and sent to Stalg Luft 3. There, he eventually became part of the forced Long March in the winter of 1944.
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