Escape Line Map from June 2007 AFEES Newsletter
Researching the aid given to downed Allied airmen by the Resistance during World War II in The Netherlands, Belgium, and France
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- Calculator for Dates, Seasons, Moon Phases, and Sunrise/Sunset
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- World War II Looted Art
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- World War II Military Maps
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- World War II Movies
- World War II Netherlands
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- World War II Parachutes
- World War II Photographs
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- World War II Radio Broadcasts
- World War II Railways, Railway Stations, Historical Associations
- World War II Research Institutes
- World War II Reunions of Military Units
- World War II Secret Agents & Resistance Leaders
- Word War II Timeline
- World War II Traitors, Collaborators
- World War II Underground Newspapers (Clandestine Press)
- World War II Uniforms
- World War II United States Army Air Forces (USAAF)
- World War II Veterans – Netherlands, Belgium, France
- World War II Veterans – U.S.
- World War II War Brides
- World War II War Criminals
- World War II – Women in the Resistance
- World War II – Women of Bletchley Park
- World War II – Women in World War II
- WWII Escape and Evasion Research
- Aircraft Crash Records and Crash Sites
- Luftwaffe Fighter Claims of Downed Aircraft
- National Archives Research (U.S.)
- Escape and Evasion Reports Available On Line
- Index of E and E Reports, #249-319
- Index of E and E Reports, #320-385
- Index of E and E Reports, #386-445
- Index of E and E Reports, #446-499
- Index of E and E Reports, #500-559
- Index of E and E Reports, #560-624
- Index of E and E Reports, #625-689
- Index of E and E Reports, #690-750
- Index of E and E Reports, #751-815
- Index of E and E Reports, #816-880
- Index of E and E Reports, #881-944
- Index of E and E Reports, #945-1000
- Appendix C – Part of Escape and Evasion Reports
- Notes on Using the Textual Research Room
- Two Steps Every Researcher Should Take
- Belgian Helper Files by Box Number
- Dutch Helper Files by Box Number
- French Helper Files by Box Number
- Airmen Helper Questionnaires
- Prisoner of War (POW) Records
- Enlistment Records
- Veterans Service Records
- Hiring a Professional Researcher
- Escape and Evasion Reports Available On Line
- Dutch National Archives List of American Airmen Shot Down Over The Netherlands Who Evaded Capture
- Sources Consulted
- U.S. Census Records
- Smit-van der Heijden Line
- Connections to Other Escape/Intelligence Lines
- Aid Given to People in Need
- Chronology of the Smit-van der Heijden Line
- Members of the Smit-van der Heijden Line
- Cafés, Hotels – Centers of Resistance Activity
- Karst Smit – Reports by and about him
- Articles About the Line
- Arrest, Prison, Concentration Camps
- Interview with Karst Smit, July 6-7, 2002
- Recognition for Their Achievements
- Memorials to Victims of the Nazis
- Research Help Requests
- Eugene van der Heijden – Writings by and About Him Plus Interviews
- Hilvarenbeek and the Pilot Route
- Tilburg Police Report
- Schrynemakers Family in WWII
- WWII Escape and Evasion Topics
- Crash Sites in Belgium
- Dangerous Mistakes of Evading Airmen
- Engelandvaarders
- Escape Aids
- Escape and Evasion Books
- Escape and Evasion Instructions
- Escape and Evasion Websites
- Evasion Statistics – Airmen
- False ID Used by Airmen and Helpers
- False Soir, The (Le faux Soir)
- German Agents Among Airmen
- Traitors, Betrayers, Collaborators
- Interviews
- Govt. Reports
- Personal Narratives
- Phantom Train
- Allied Airmen on the Phantom Train
- Minute-by-Minute Account of the Phantom Train
- Report Concerning the Convoy of Sep. 3, 1944 at the Petite-Ile Station
- Phantom Train Reports by C. Lokker & Anne Brusselmans
- List of Prisoners of Le Train Fantôme (Phantom Train)
- Photographs of the Train
- Photographs of the Antagonists
- Belgian National Anthem as Sung by the Prisoners
- Helpers of Allied Airmen
- BELGIAN
- Index to Belgian and Luxemburger Helpers of Allied Personnel
- A-Names
- B-Names
- C-Names
- D-Names
- Belgian Helper Names, DABE-BERIDEUX to DE BORGHRAEVE d’ALTENA
- Belgian Helper Names, DEBORNONVILLE DEBOSKRE to DEFRATEUR
- Belgian Helper Names, DEFRANCE to DELEU
- Belgian Helper Names, DELEU to DEMEYRE
- Belgian Helper Names, DE MILDER to DE ROUBAIX
- Belgian Helper Names, DE ROUBAIX to DEVIGNE
- Belgian Helper Names, DEVIJN to DOCHAU
- Belgian Helper Names, DOCK to DUMON
- Belgian Helper Names, DUMONT to DYKERS
- E-Names
- F-Names
- G-Names
- H-Names
- I & J-Names
- K-Names
- L-Names
- M-Names
- N-Names
- O-Names
- P-Names
- Q-Names
- R-Names
- S-Names
- T-Names
- U-Names
- V-Names
- Belgian Helper Names, VAEREWYCK to VANDENBOSCH
- Belgian Helper Names, VANDENBOSCH to VANDERPLAETSEN
- Belgian Helper Names, VANDERPOEL to VAN GOBELSCHROY
- Belgian Helper Names, VAN GOETHEM to VAN MALDEREN
- Belgian Helper Names, VAN MALDEREN to VAUCHOT
- Belgian Helper Names, VAUTRIN to VERSCHUERE
- Belgian Helper Names, VERSCHUREN to VYVERMANS
- W-Names
- X,Y,Z – Names
- Belgian Helpers by Selected Cities and Towns
- Index to Belgian and Luxemburger Helpers of Allied Personnel
- CZECH and SLOVAK
- DANISH
- DUTCH
- British Index to Dutch Helpers of Allied Personnel
- Dutch Helper Names, AA to AVEZAATH
- Dutch Helper Names, BAAK to BIERHOF
- Dutch Helper Names, BIERHOF to BOUMA
- Dutch Helper Names, BOUMA to BIJZITTER (BYZITTER)
- Dutch Helper Names, CALS to CURFS
- Dutch Helper Names, DAALE to DIJKSTRA
- Dutch Helper Names, EBBINK to EYSINGA
- Dutch Helper Names, FASSEN to FUST
- Dutch Helper Names, GAAJETAAN to GIJZEN (GYJZEN)
- Dutch Helper Names, HAAFTER to HEY
- Dutch Helper Names, HEYBOER to HIJMANS (HYMANS)
- Dutch Helper Names, IBELINGS to IMBOS
- Dutch Helper Names, JAARSMA to JUTGENS
- Dutch Helper Names, KAA to KWINT
- Dutch Helper Names, LAAR to LEGGER
- Dutch Helper Names, LEISINK to LIJSER (LYSER)
- Dutch Helper Names, MAAL to MIJNHEER (MYNHEER)
- Dutch Helper Names, NAAKTGEBOREN to NIJZINK (NYZINK)
- Dutch Helper Names, OBBINK to OIJEN (OYEN)
- Dutch Helper Names, PAAPST to PIJPERS (PYPERS)
- Dutch Helper Names, QUANT to QUINT
- Dutch Helper Names, RAA to RIJSWIJK (RYSWYK)
- Dutch Helper Names, SAALMINK to SLEEUWENHOEK
- Dutch Helper Names, SLEUTJENS to SZERKOWSKI
- Dutch Helper Names, TACONIS to TIJTHOF (TYTHOF)
- Dutch Helper Names, UBACHS to UIJTHOVEN (UYTHOVEN)
- Dutch Helper Names, VAANDERING to VUYST
- Dutch Helper Names, WAAL to WYTEMA
- Dutch Helper Names, YPMA to YZERMANS
- Dutch Helpers, ZAALBER to ZYTHOFF
- Dutch Resistance Memorial
- Other Sources of Information on Members of the Resistance
- U.S. National Archives List of Dutch Helpers
- Digitized Dutch Helper List
- Dutch Helpers by Selected Cities and Towns
- Dutch Pastors who Aided Airmen
- North Brabant Helpers of Allied Airmen
- British Index to Dutch Helpers of Allied Personnel
- FRENCH
- French Helper Database
- French Helpers by Geographical Location
- A-Names
- B-Names
- French Helper Names: Babault – Baron
- French Helper Names: Baron to Beaurain
- French Helper Names: Beaurain to Berrier
- French Helper Names: Berringer to Bisiau
- French Helper Names: Bissay to Bollaert
- French Helper Names: Bollart to Bouillon
- French Helper Names: Bouillon to Braem
- French Helper Names: Bragard to Buzza
- C-Names
- D-Names
- French Helpers: Dabansens to Debeauvais
- French Helpers: Debeer to Deguine
- French Helpers: Deguisne to Deleplanque
- French Helpers: Delaporte to Denis
- French Helpers: Denis to Desjardins
- French Helpers: Desjardin to Dinahet
- French Helpers: Dincuff to Dubois
- French Helpers: Dubois to Dumont
- French Helpers: Dumont to Dziura
- E-Names
- F-Names
- G-Names
- H-Names
- I-Names
- J-Names
- K-Names
- L-Names
- French Helpers: Laatsman to Lambert
- French Helpers: Lambert to Latarget
- French Helpers: Lateur to Le Breton
- French Helpers: Lebreton to LeDuigou
- French Helpers: LeDuigou to Lejal
- French Helpers: LeJanne to Lepreux
- French Helpers: Leprince to Level
- French Helper Names: Level to Louchart
- French Helpers: Louche to Lyssandre
- M-Names
- N-Names
- O-Names
- P-Names
- Q-Names
- R-Names
- S-Names
- T-Names
- U-Names
- V-Names
- W-Names
- X, Y-Names
- Z-Names
- GERMAN
- HUNGARIAN
- LUXEMBURGER
- NORWEGIAN
- YUGOSLAVIAN
- BELGIAN
- Resistance Memorial Cross
- WWII Maps of Belgium, France, Netherlands
- Other Escape Lines
- Luctor et Emergo/Fiat Libertas
- Maps of Major Escape Routes Through France
- List of French Escape Lines
- Burgundy (Bourgogne) Line
- Comet Line (Le Réseau Comète)
- Dutch-Paris Line
- Groupe Hoornaert-Dirix
- Marie-Claire Line
- MNB (Belgian National Movement/Mouvement National Belge)
- PAT (Pat O’Leary) Line
- Possum Line
- Service EVA
- Shelburn (Shelbourne) Line
- WWII Films, Documentaries
- Sources Consulted
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
- My Library
- Air War
- Belgium
- Blitzkrieg, Dunkirk, Fifth Column, Beginnings of WWII
- Britain
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- Collaboration
- Documents
- Domestic Conditions (US, UK, Germany)
- End of the War
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- Forced Labor
- France
- German Navy
- Gibraltar
- Himmler, Gestapo, SD
- History of World War II
- Holocaust, Concentration Camps
- Intelligence, Counter-Intelligence, Espionage
- Nazi Leadership, Nazi Party
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- Norway, Norwegian Ships, Navigation
- Occupation of Europe
- Prisoners of War
- Prisons
- Propaganda, Psychological Warfare
- Pyrenees, Basques, St. Jean de Luz
- Radar and Radio
- Resistance
- Spain, Seville, Miranda de Ebro
- Special Operations – SOE, OSS
- Threats to Airmen: German Police
- U-Boats, Convoys, Raiders
- Escape & Evasion Books
- Sounds and Songs of WWII
- MISC. HELP REQUESTS
- RAFES Postal (Philatelic) Covers
- Personal Background
- Evaders and Oranges, The Seville Escape Route
- Air Forces Escape & Evasion Society
