Krystyna craved danger, even as her very existence was perilous: her mother was a fabulously wealthy Jewish banking heir. It was the coldest winter in memory-German patrols found so many bodies in the following spring thaw that they doubled their patrols the following winter. She convinced the Olympic skier Jan Marusarz to escort her over the Tatras mountains from Hungary. Churchill made sure Donovan spent substantial time with Vera, according to Spymistress. Roosevelt sent his head of intelligence, William Donovan-the future creator of the C.I.A.-to scout the situation on the ground in Europe. Roosevelt, but it was well known the Americans were deeply against entering another world war-especially with Britain’s gloomy prospects.
Churchill had secretly been in contact with Franklin D. When Churchill was brought back to power to steel England against imminent German invasion, Vera was assigned to a high-ranking position in the Special Operations Executive, also known as “Churchill’s secret army.” In spite of the S.O.E.’s success, England still needed American support. In the years leading up to the war, she smuggled information to Churchill as he railed against Hitler’s regime in political exile-while the nervous English government tried to quiet him, believing Hitler’s promise not to invade. Vera Atkins was Jewish (her real name was Rosenberg), a fact she didn't readily disclose to the high-ranking anti-Nazi bureaucrats she worked with.
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