Suzanne Mertzizen

Suzanne Camille Mertzizen or Mertzisen (15 May 1919 – 18 January 1945) was a French heroine of World War II who served in the Special Operations Executive and was executed by the Nazi government.

She was born Suzanne Boitte in Colombes, a suburb of Paris. In 1938 she married a French airman, Gabriel Mertzisen, and had a daughter. They moved to live in Constantine, Algeria where she joined the "Corps Féminin des Transmissions" (Women's Signal Corps) set up by General , and known as "Merlinettes" after their founder. and posthumously awarded the Medal of the Resistance, the Military Cross and the Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur. She is commemorated with her colleagues on the Tempsford Memorial in Bedfordshire.