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Gabrielle Petit
1893-02-20 – 1916-04-01
Life & Legacy
Gabrielle Alina Eugenia Maria Petit (20 February 1893 – 1 April 1916) was a Belgian spy who worked for the British Secret Service in German-occupied Belgium during World War I. She was executed in 1916, and was widely celebrated as a Belgian national heroine after the war's end.
Occupation & Career
spy, nurse
Sources & Provenance
- Wikidata population candidate Q468263 — wikidata View source
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