Pat Owtram, who had learnt German from refugees taken in by her family, spent the Second World War using those skills to ...

LONDON — Pat Owtram didn't need to go to war. It came to her. As the Nazis took control of Germany and Austria, her father hired Jewish refugees to cook and clean at the family home in ...

Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT Pat Owtram was just 18 when she joined the Women’s Royal Naval Service (Wrens) and went on to become a wartime codebreaker. She vividly recalls the profound ...