Immediately after the war , Wake was awarded the George Medal , the United States Medal of Freedom , the Médaille de la Résistance , and thrice , the Croix de Guerre . She learned that the Gestapo had tortured her husband to death in 1943 for refusing to disclose her whereabouts . After the war , she worked for the intelligence department at the British Air Ministry , attached to embassies in Paris and Prague
Medal of Freedom
Medal of Freedom (1945)
Nancy Wake