He tells her that she will be sent to France as a secret agent, and if she's caught, she's going to be shot.

I'm Helen Obalam Carter, and this is history's secret heroes, where I shine a light on extraordinary stories from World War II.

What they wanted was someone to get themselves arrested and sent to Auschwitz.

Tales of deception, an incredible acts of resistance and courage.

She was a born soldier.

She's a freedom fighter in its widest sense.

The brand new series of History's secret heroes.

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This Scotland Outdoors podcast from BBC Radio Scotland.

With an hour to go before the sunrise it is still dark, very dark.

I can see very little beyond the dim circle of light from my head torch.

The thick scent of pine fills the air as I start at the trail.

The presence of trees melting into the darkness either side of me are felt rather than seen. The still, almost full harvest moon having disappeared into the darkness either side of me, our felt rather than seen. The still, almost full

harvest moon having disappeared into the cover of pine branches. A nervous glance behind

reveals the comfort of a slowly brightening sky, suffused with faint orange and aquamarine

banding toward the rim of an unseen eastern horizon.

Amidst gaps in the canopy above, bright and brittle stars vanish and reappear.

The tree cover opens a little and the moon's glow pulls me upward.

The words of writer Ian Gruse from his essay,

The Sacred Mountain, which describes an autumn equinox dawn walk up Aberdeenshire's most prominent hill, Benehe.

To mark this turning of the year, I wanted to share

Ian's thoughts on this special place, a time when we prepare to leave the bright summer days behind us

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