Denise Madeleine Bloch was born on 21 January 1916 in Paris, France to a Jewish family. Her father was Jacques Henri Bloch and her mother was Suzanne Levi-Strauss. She had three brothers.
Her Wikipedia page describes her life and exploits with the Special Operations Executive (SOE).
Aged 29 years, together with Violette Reine Elizabeth Szabo and Lilian Vera Rolfe, she was executed at Ravensbrück concentration camp, Ravensbrück, Landkreis Oberhavel, Brandenburg, Germany. The date of her death is unknown, but it took place between 26 January 1944 and 5 February 1944. We have chosen to use the latest possible date.
She was posthumously awarded the British 1939-1945 Star, the France and Germany Star, the 1939-1945 War Medal with the King's Commendation for Brave Conduct and the French Légion d'honneur (Chevalier), the Croix de Guerre avec Palme and the Médaille de la Résistance avec Rosette.
She is shown as 'D. BLOCH' on the Women’s Transport Service (FANY) war memorial at St Paul's Church, Wilton Place, London, SW1 and as 'BLOCH DENISE' on on the Brookwood 1939-1945 Memorial (Memorial to the Missing), Brookwood Cemetery, Pirbright, Brookwood, Woking GU24 0JD. She is also commemorated on the and on their .
Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.
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