Vera Leigh (born Vera Glass on 17 March 1903 in Leeds, England - died 6 July 1944 in Natzweiler-Struthof) was a British spy during World War II who assisted the French Resistance. In 1944 she was captured by the Germans and executed.
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“Life’s like a ball game. You gotta take a swing at whatever comes along before you wake up and find out it’s the ninth inning.”
—Martin Goldsmith, and Edgar G. Ulmer. Vera (Ann Savage)