- Name
- Violette Summer
- Real name
- Violette Summer
- Gender
- Non-Binary
- Birthday
- Died
- Franchise
- Aliases
Violette Summer
Her husband dead, her freedom threatened, Violette Summer becomes a spy against the Nazis. Inspired by real life WWII spy, Violette Szabo.
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Overview
The central protagonist in Replay Studios' - 2004's Sabotage 1943 and 2009's Velvet Assassin (Game), Violette Summer is a British spy sent behind Nazi lines to complete a number of covert operations involving sabotage and assassination. Violette relives the various missions in the game through flashbacks from her hospital bed. Violette is voiced by German-American actress Melinda Cohen (Person).
Inspiration for The Character
Violette Szabo 1921-1945
The creation of Violette Summer was largely inspired by that of Violette Szabo, or to give her full name, Violette Reine Elizabeth Bushall Szabo. At the age of 23, Szabo took part in two undercover operations in Nazi-occupied France during the Second World War. Although her first mission was a success, Szabo was wounded and captured by a Nazi patrol on her second mission just after the D-Day landings. Following failed attempts by the Nazis to interrogate her in Paris, Szabo was transported to Germany and after some time spent in labour camps was eventually executed in the early months of 1945 at Ravensbrück Concentration Camp.
Born of French and English parents, Szabo was posthumously awarded for her courage with an MBE, the George Cross and the Croix de Guerre.