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Elvire De Greef, (born June 29, 1897, Ixelles, Belgium, d. August 20, 1991, Brussels), code name Tante Go or Auntie Go, was a member of the Comet Escape Line in World War II. From her house in Anglet in southwestern France, near the border with Spain, she led efforts by the Comet Line in the Basque country to exfiltrate people from occupied Belgium through France to Spain, especially Allied airmen whose aircraft had been shot down by Nazi Germany. Once across the border in neutral Spain the escapees were transported to the United Kingdom. De Greef's husband and two teenage children also worked with the Comet line.

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  • Elvire De Greef, (born June 29, 1897, Ixelles, Belgium, d. August 20, 1991, Brussels), code name Tante Go or Auntie Go, was a member of the Comet Escape Line in World War II. From her house in Anglet in southwestern France, near the border with Spain, she led efforts by the Comet Line in the Basque country to exfiltrate people from occupied Belgium through France to Spain, especially Allied airmen whose aircraft had been shot down by Nazi Germany. Once across the border in neutral Spain the escapees were transported to the United Kingdom. De Greef's husband and two teenage children also worked with the Comet line. De Greef was a recipient of the George Medal from the United Kingdom and the Medal of Freedom from the United States. Unlike many of the leaders of the Comet Line, de Greef was never captured or killed by the Germans. Authors Nichol and Rennell regarded de Greef as the most important person of the Comet Line, except for founder Andrée de Jongh. (en)
  • Elvire De Greef, Elvire Ghislaine Berlemont de son nom de jeune fille, Tante go, auntie Go (en anglais) dans la résistance, née à Ixelles, le 29 juin 1897 et décédée le 20 août 1991 à Bruxelles, est une résistante belge de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, responsable du secteur-Sud du Réseau Comète et principale coordinatrice de la traversée des Pyrénées d'août 1941 à juillet 1944. Depuis sa maison d'Anglet, elle dirige les actions de la ligne Comète au Pays basque pour exfiltrer les personnes de la Belgique occupée à travers la France vers l'Espagne, en particulier les aviateurs alliés dont les avions ont été abattus par l'Allemagne nazie. Elle est considérée par certains historiens comme la personnalité la plus importante de la Ligne Comète, après sa fondatrice Andrée De Jonghe. (fr)
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  • 1897-06-29 (xsd:date)
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  • Elvire Ghislaine Berlemont (en)
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  • 1897-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
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  • 1991-08-20 (xsd:date)
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  • Ixelles, Belgium (en)
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  • Elvire Ghislaine Berlemont (en)
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  • Commemorative plaque on Villa Voisin, her former house in Anglet. (en)
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  • 1991-08-20 (xsd:date)
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  • Brussels, Belgium (en)
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  • Elvire De Greef (en)
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  • The final stretch of the Comet Line escape route crosses the French/Spanish border at the Bidasoa river near Endarlatsa...It is an intricate crossing winding along hidden stream valleys and mountain shoulders; through tunnels and past isolated mountain farms...they crossed at night, in the fear of being shot either by the Nazis on the French side or Franco's henchmen on the Spanish side. (en)
  • Elvire De Greef "was involved in numerous black market operations...and by these activities lulled suspicion of her real work....on more than one occasion she blackmailed Germans by threatening to reveal their possession of black market goods and thus escaped arrest." (en)
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  • "The World War II Comet Line" (en)
  • Airey Neave, MI9 (en)
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  • Elvire De Greef, Elvire Ghislaine Berlemont de son nom de jeune fille, Tante go, auntie Go (en anglais) dans la résistance, née à Ixelles, le 29 juin 1897 et décédée le 20 août 1991 à Bruxelles, est une résistante belge de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, responsable du secteur-Sud du Réseau Comète et principale coordinatrice de la traversée des Pyrénées d'août 1941 à juillet 1944. Depuis sa maison d'Anglet, elle dirige les actions de la ligne Comète au Pays basque pour exfiltrer les personnes de la Belgique occupée à travers la France vers l'Espagne, en particulier les aviateurs alliés dont les avions ont été abattus par l'Allemagne nazie. Elle est considérée par certains historiens comme la personnalité la plus importante de la Ligne Comète, après sa fondatrice Andrée De Jonghe. (fr)
  • Elvire De Greef, (born June 29, 1897, Ixelles, Belgium, d. August 20, 1991, Brussels), code name Tante Go or Auntie Go, was a member of the Comet Escape Line in World War II. From her house in Anglet in southwestern France, near the border with Spain, she led efforts by the Comet Line in the Basque country to exfiltrate people from occupied Belgium through France to Spain, especially Allied airmen whose aircraft had been shot down by Nazi Germany. Once across the border in neutral Spain the escapees were transported to the United Kingdom. De Greef's husband and two teenage children also worked with the Comet line. (en)
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