Vilma Beck
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Vilma Beck
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Vilma Beck (1810-1851), was a Hungarian writer and freedom fighter in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848.
Beck was active as a spy and agent in service of the Hungarian freedom fighters during the Revolution of 1848-49. She also reportedly sold information to the Austrians. She left Hungary after the defeat and moved to Great Britain. She died in prison custody after having been arrested for blackmail.
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- 19th-century Hungarian women
- 1810 births
- 1851 deaths
- 19th-century spies
- Women in 19th-century warfare
- Hungarian female military personnel
- Hungarian Revolution of 1848
- People of the Revolutions of 1848
- Women in European warfare