The Escape Line
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The Escape Line
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Author : Megan Koreman
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2018-04-09
The Escape Line written by Megan Koreman and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-09 with History categories.
Of all the resistance organizations that operated during the war, about which much has been written, one stands out for its transnational character, the diversity of the tasks its members took on, and the fact that, unlike many of the known evasion lines, it was not directed by Allied officers, but rather by group of ordinary citizens. Between 1942 and 1945, they formed a network to smuggle Dutch Jews and others targeted by the Nazis south into France, via Paris, and then to Switzerland. This network became known as the Dutch-Paris Escape Line, eventually growing to include 300 people and expanding its reach into Spain. Led by Jean Weidner, a Dutchman living in France, many lacked any experience in clandestine operations or military tactics, and yet they became one of the most effective resistance groups of the Second World War. Dutch-Paris largely improvised its operations-scrounging for food on the black market, forging documents, and raising cash. Hunted relentlessly by the Nazis, some were even captured and tortured. In addition to Jews, those it helped escape the clutches of the Nazis included resistance fighters, political foes, Allied airmen, and young men looking to get to London to enlist. As the need grew more desperate, so did the bravery of those who rose to meet it. Using recently declassified archives, The Escape Line tells the story of the Dutch-Paris and the thousands of people it saved during World War II. Author Megan Koreman, who was given exclusive access to many of the archives, is herself the daughter of Dutch parents who were part of the resistance.
The Escape Line
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Author : Megan Koreman
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2018
The Escape Line written by Megan Koreman and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with History categories.
The gripping account of ordinary men and women who risked their lives in Nazi-occupied Western Europe to save others.
The Comet Escape Line
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Author : Alexander Stilwell
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2024-09-19
The Comet Escape Line written by Alexander Stilwell and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-09-19 with History categories.
The Comet Escape Line tells the story of the most successful escape line of the Second World War. Inspired by the English nurse Edith Cavell, who helped Allied soldiers escape from occupied Belgium in the First World War, Andrée de Jongh and a group of young Belgian friends conceived an audacious plan to smuggle downed Allied airmen and other evaders from Belgium, through France and over to neutral Spain. Many incredible escapes followed from safe houses in Brussels, making hazardous train journeys through France, or navigating goat paths through the Pyrenees, evading German and Spanish border patrols. By 1945, the line had aided hundreds of evaders and was a vital part of the escape and evasion picture of the Second World War. In The Comet Escape Line, Alexander Stilwell reveals the personalities and motives of the Comet line founders and the British intelligence organisation that supported it, investigates the Gestapo campaign to destroy it and explores the actions of the Nazi collaborators who infiltrated it. Above all, this is the story of the incredibly brave civilians who risked everything to help the Allied cause.
Occupational Exposure To Antimony
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Author : National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
Occupational Exposure To Antimony written by National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Antimony categories.
The Rome Escape Line
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Author : Sam Derry
language : en
Publisher: Eumenes Publishing
Release Date : 2019-12-06
The Rome Escape Line written by Sam Derry and has been published by Eumenes Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-06 with History categories.
The Rome Escape Line, first published in 1960, is the firsthand World War II account of British Army officer Sam Derry, who, himself an escaped prisoner-of-war, remained in Rome to help other escaped POWs remain in hiding or to safely flee Italy altogether. With the help of Right Rev. Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty, an official in the Vatican's Holy Office, Derry is given the assignment of overseeing the escape operation, obtaining money, papers, food, and lodging for the escapees. Unfortunately, there were traitors and leaks to deal with, and the German response following round-ups of captured POWs was often brutal. Overall, The Rome Escape Line provides valuable insight into a remarkable operation, reported in a humble, matter-of-fact manner by a true war-hero.
The Rome Escape Line
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Author : Sam Derry
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1960
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The Rome Escape Line
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Author : Sam Derry
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023-10-21
The Rome Escape Line written by Sam Derry and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-21 with categories.
"A brave man and a born story-teller, Sam Derry's account of how he set up the Rome Escape Line in WW2 (which smuggled thousands of Allied soldiers to safety) is a riveting read." Gavin Mortimer, author of David Stirling, The Phoney Major: The Life, Times and Truth about the Founder of the SAS. One of the most extraordinary episodes of the Second World War, this is the story of how a British officer from a quiet market town in Nottinghamshire, and with the assistance of a Vatican-based Irish Monsignor, hid an army of over 4,000 escaped POWs in and around German occupied Rome. In this authorized edition, told by Lt Col Sam Derry, having made his second getaway of the war by jumping in broad daylight from a prison train taking him from Italy to Germany, was smuggled into Rome in a cabbage cart, and then disguised as a Monsignor, into Vatican City to take command of a cloak and dagger organisation that kept thousands of men from falling into Nazi hands. Keeping one step ahead of the Gestapo, Derry's organisation survived disasters, tortures and the execution of some of its members to hand over to the Allies an army that had been fed, clothed and housed by priests and brave Italian families in and around Rome under the very noses of the enemy. When, in June 1944, Rome was about to be liberated by the Americans, Derry was the first 'Brit' to establish direct contact with the spearhead of the Allied advance, and able to radio information to arriving troops advising which route to take to avoid mined bridges. This extraordinary story is told by an ordinary man from Newark, who before the war was a plumber and who became, by the end of the war, Head of MI9. His meticulous record keeping shows the Rome Escape Line saved the lives of 1695 British, 896 South African, 429 Russian, 425 Greek, 185 American POWs and others from more than 20 countries. Only 122 escapees and evaders were re-captured. Sadly, many Italians assisting were captured and shot. "Sam Derry was the James Bond of the escape lines in Italy, working in the clandestine shadows of the Vatican to save the lives of Allied airmen and soldiers. The book shines a light on his immense courage, bravery and survival in the face of Nazi evil." Dr Helen Fry, author of MI9: A History of the Secret Service for Escape and Evasion in World War Two.
Instructions For Testing Telegraph Lines And The Technical Arrangements Of Offices
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Author : Louis Schwendler
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1878
Instructions For Testing Telegraph Lines And The Technical Arrangements Of Offices written by Louis Schwendler and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1878 with categories.
The Canadian Patent Office Record And Register Of Copyrights And Trade Marks
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Author : Kanada Patent Office
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1895
The Canadian Patent Office Record And Register Of Copyrights And Trade Marks written by Kanada Patent Office and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1895 with categories.
The Canadian Patent Office Record And Register Of Copyrights And Trade Marks
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1895
The Canadian Patent Office Record And Register Of Copyrights And Trade Marks written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1895 with Copyright categories.