Sad news today: one of our last remaining heroines from the Second World War has recently passed away.
Andrée Dumon was part of the so called ‘Comète’ network (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_Line). This network helped allied pilots who crashed over occupied Belgium to escape from the German-held territory.
Several hundreds of pilots made their way back home thanks to heros of the resistance like Andrée Dumon.
After being betrayed in 1942, Andrée was captured by the Nazis. She survived a hellish journey through several concentration camps and was liberated from Mauthausen in 1945.
No one has been wronged more than resistance members in Belgium. Sad she had to see one of the heirs of collaborators and those who demanded amnesty for helping the nazis rise to be our prime minister, and two even worse apologists, Francken and Jambon, by his side.
If or when fascism rears its monstrous head again, I hope many of us follow her example. Rest in power, Andrée!
My grandfather was able to escape thanks to the Comète network after which he made it to the UK and then participated in the Normandy landing.
I kind of owe my life to these people.
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Hello fellow Belgians and others!
Sad news today: one of our last remaining heroines from the Second World War has recently passed away.
Andrée Dumon was part of the so called ‘Comète’ network (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_Line). This network helped allied pilots who crashed over occupied Belgium to escape from the German-held territory.
Several hundreds of pilots made their way back home thanks to heros of the resistance like Andrée Dumon.
After being betrayed in 1942, Andrée was captured by the Nazis. She survived a hellish journey through several concentration camps and was liberated from Mauthausen in 1945.
12 years ago, we interviewed Andrée Dumon. You can find this interview here: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gutW9K_-bA0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gutW9K_-bA0)
No one has been wronged more than resistance members in Belgium. Sad she had to see one of the heirs of collaborators and those who demanded amnesty for helping the nazis rise to be our prime minister, and two even worse apologists, Francken and Jambon, by his side.
If or when fascism rears its monstrous head again, I hope many of us follow her example. Rest in power, Andrée!
My grandfather was able to escape thanks to the Comète network after which he made it to the UK and then participated in the Normandy landing.
I kind of owe my life to these people.
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Waaile goen a mankiere.
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May she rest in peace
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