Agent Zo
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2025
Discover the extraordinary journey of Elzbieta Zawacka, known as Agent Zo, the remarkable female resistance fighter of WWII. As the only woman to make her way from Warsaw to London representing the Polish Home Army, she went on to become the first and only woman in Britain’s elite Polish Special Forces, the ‘Silent Unseen.’
Trained in secret on British soil, she was parachuted back into Nazi-occupied Poland, leading key efforts during the Warsaw Uprising while evading the Gestapo, who had captured her family. Despite her valor, post-war Communist authorities imprisoned her and suppressed her story for decades. Now, revealed through fresh research and firsthand accounts, her legacy reshapes our understanding of women’s vital roles in the war.
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Agent Zo
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2025
Discover the extraordinary journey of Elzbieta Zawacka, known as Agent Zo, the remarkable female resistance fighter of WWII. As the only woman to make her way from Warsaw to London representing the Polish Home Army, she went on to become the first and only woman in Britain’s elite Polish Special Forces, the ‘Silent Unseen.’
Trained in secret on British soil, she was parachuted back into Nazi-occupied Poland, leading key efforts during the Warsaw Uprising while evading the Gestapo, who had captured her family. Despite her valor, post-war Communist authorities imprisoned her and suppressed her story for decades. Now, revealed through fresh research and firsthand accounts, her legacy reshapes our understanding of women’s vital roles in the war.
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2025
Discover the extraordinary journey of Elzbieta Zawacka, known as Agent Zo, the remarkable female resistance fighter of WWII. As the only woman to make her way from Warsaw to London representing the Polish Home Army, she went on to become the first and only woman in Britain’s elite Polish Special Forces, the ‘Silent Unseen.’
Trained in secret on British soil, she was parachuted back into Nazi-occupied Poland, leading key efforts during the Warsaw Uprising while evading the Gestapo, who had captured her family. Despite her valor, post-war Communist authorities imprisoned her and suppressed her story for decades. Now, revealed through fresh research and firsthand accounts, her legacy reshapes our understanding of women’s vital roles in the war.
