Florentino Goikoetxea
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Florentino's knowledge of the mountains was fabulous. He was able to find his way even when under the influence of copious quantities of cognac...His tremendous physical strength enabled him to withst
Goikoetxea in 1945
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
Florentino Goikoetxea
…led 227 airmen and a number of French and Belgian agents across the border to safety in Spain. Florentino's associates in the Basque country included Elvire de Greef, a Belgian and head of the Comet Line in southwestern France, and Kattalin Aguirre, a Basque women who sheltered escaping airmen in her house. Until…
Commemorative plaque on Villa Voisin, her former house in Anglet.
Elvire de Greef and her Dog "Go" about 1940.