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Married 30 Dec 1948
Bromley Register Office, Bromley, Kent, England, UK
Jean / John and Olga fell in love when he was based in her native France during WWII. in October 1948 John (Jean) and Olga had rowed from France to the Channel Island of Jersey before being arrested, jailed and were sentenced to be deported back to France. Yet somehow they arrived in England within a couple of months and married in the December.
Ben Whishaw's German grandfather who spied for Britain
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John Whishaw Bio Details
Full name
John Victor Whishaw
Maiden name
Jean Vladimier Stellmacher
Gender
Male
Age
72 (approx.)
Date of birth
Birth place
Istanbul, Turkey
Date of death:
Nov 1994
Place of death
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
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According to his grandson Ben, John was German with a German father and a Russian mother, but during WWII he spied for the British. He reportedly had an eidetic memory ('photographic') and worked as a mole within the German Army. In 1942 he crossed over to the British in Cairo and was assigned to the Intelligence Corps.
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Olga Whishaw Bio Details
Full name
Olga Adele Whishaw
Maiden name
Olga Adele Bernard
Also known as
Olga Adele Stellmacher
Gender
Female
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