Lotti Röell


Jkvr. Johanna Charlotte Carolina Röell (Utrecht, July 5, 1911 - Apeldoorn, November 5, 1998) was a secret agent during World War II.

Lotti Röell was trained to MI6 agents. Her codename was 'Ladybird'. R.P.J. Derksema of the Central Intelligence Service (CID) sent her to The Netherlands. She first went to Portugal, where she arrived on August 16, 1941. She continued the journey over land and via Munich, among others, and arrived in the Netherlands on October 1, 1941. Already that same month she was arrested and brought to Ravensbrück. It was released on April 25, 1945.

From 1949-1976 she was Director of Private Affairs of the Queen i.z. palace Het Loo and surrounding area. She is buried in Soest.

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