Andrée de Jongh
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Andrée de Jongh was a Belgian resistance leader during World War II who founded and organized the Comet Line escape network that helped Allied airmen evade capture and reach safety.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Belgian resistance member
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World War II resistance leader ⓘ founder of organization ⓘ human ⓘ nurse ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Dédée
NERFINISHED
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Dédée de Jongh NERFINISHED ⓘ Postman ⓘ |
| arrestedBy | Gestapo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| arrestPlace | Urrugne, France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| arrestYear | 1943 ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Croix de Guerre (Belgium)
NERFINISHED
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George Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ Légion d'honneur ⓘ
surface form:
Legion of Honour
Medal of Freedom NERFINISHED ⓘ Order of Leopold II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1916-11-30 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Schaerbeek, Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Belgium ⓘ |
| deathDate | 2007-10-13 ⓘ |
| decoratedBy |
Belgium
NERFINISHED
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France NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deportedTo |
Mauthausen concentration camp
NERFINISHED
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Ravensbrück concentration camp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedAfter | Edith Cavell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| estimatedAirmenHelped | approximately 800 ⓘ |
| father | Frédéric de Jongh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | leprosy care ⓘ |
| founded | Comet Line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Andrée Eugénie Adrienne de Jongh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| helped |
Allied airmen
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downed pilots ⓘ |
| imprisonedIn | Fresnes Prison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Edith Cavell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Belgian Resistance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | organizing escape routes for Allied airmen in World War II ⓘ |
| notableWork | Comet Line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
civilian volunteer
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nurse ⓘ resistance leader ⓘ |
| postwarActivity | nursing in Africa ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| roleInCometLine |
guide for escapees
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main organizer ⓘ |
| routeOrganized | Belgium to France to Spain to United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| survived | Nazi concentration camps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedAs | commercial artist before World War II ⓘ |
| workedIn |
Belgian Congo
NERFINISHED
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Cameroon NERFINISHED ⓘ Ethiopia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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