Elvire De Greef
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Elvire De Greef,, 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 b
Commemorative plaque on Villa Voisin, her former house in Anglet.
Elvire de Greef and her Dog "Go" about 1940.
Andrée de Jongh
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My name is Andrée...but I would like you to call me by my code name, which is Dédée, which means little mother. From here on I will be your little mother, and you will be my little children. It will b
Elvire De Greef
…Greef was never captured 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. Born Elvire Ghislaine Berlemont, she married Fernand De Greef (born November 11, 1902) in 1922. The couple had two children: Frederick, born in 1923…
Andrée de Jongh after visiting Buckingham Palace to receive the George Medal in February 1946
De Jongh's house in Schaerbeek
De Jongh in 1941
The river Bidasoa, the Franco/Spanish border, near the crossing point of the Comet Line