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Janine De Greef

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Janine Lambertine Marie Angele De Greef (born 25 September 1925, Etterbeek, Belgium – died 7 November 2020, Brussels) was a member of the Comet escape line in the Belgian and French Resistance during World War II. She lived with her family in southern France, occupied by Nazi Germany. As a teenager, together with her mother, Elvire; father, Fernand; and brother, Frederick, she helped Allied airmen shot down over Europe to escape from France to Spain. On more than 20 occasions, De Greef guided groups of airmen, most of whom did not speak French, from Paris to near the border with Spain by railroad. Her work was dangerous as the German occupiers attempted to capture airmen. If captured, their helpers were imprisoned and sometimes executed.