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Who was believed to have described Krystyna Skarbek as the "bravest of the brave"?
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Alistair Horne was a British historian who is believed to have described Krystyna Skarbek as the "bravest of the brave". Skarbek was a Polish resistance fighter who worked for the Special Operations Executive during World War II. She was captured by the Germans and tortured, but she never gave up any information. She died in a German concentration camp in 1952.
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