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Lyr Req: Violette Szabo's poem

03 Apr 02 - 08:53 PM (#682415)
Subject: "The life that I have is all.............
From: GUEST,Tomarie

Poem used as code by resistance fighter Violette Szabo in WW2 France. Full text, title and poet needed The life that I have is allthat I have and the life that I have lis yours...etc


03 Apr 02 - 09:26 PM (#682432)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Violette Szabo's poem
From: Sorcha

Correct title is "Yours", click here.


03 Apr 02 - 10:00 PM (#682455)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Violette Szabo's poem
From: Dicho (Frank Staplin)

The Life That I Have, by Leo Marks, was the poem. Marks was a cryptographer who wrote the poem used as the cypher. His Obit is here: Marks


03 Apr 02 - 10:42 PM (#682476)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Violette Szabo's poem
From: Dicho (Frank Staplin)

Leo Marks wrote the poem "Yours." I believe it is part of the poem called "The Life I Have."
In the Allied Special Forces website is this, regarding the inscriptions on the four panels hanging in the Violette Szabo GC Museum: "Each panel is introduced by the words from 'Violette's poem,' "The Life That I Have", written by S. O. E. codemaster, Leo Marks."