VIOLETTE SZABO

That this House notes that 5 February 2010 marks the anniversary of the death, at the age of 23, of Violette Szabo GC in Ravensbrück Concentration Camp in 1945; recognises that the United Kingdom owes an unpayable debt of gratitude to Mme Szabo and her women colleagues, some of whom also perished in Ravensbrück, who were put on active military service in occupied Europe by the Special Operations Executive in World War Two; pays tribute to Mme Szabo's memory; and believes that her sacrifice in the pursuit of a Europe free from fascism should never, ever be forgotten.