Escape from Hitler's Europe: An American Airman Behind Enemy Lines - Paperback

by George Watt (Author)

"A hell of an adventure story."-Ring Lardner Jr. "A story of what is best in human beings triumphing over what is worst."-John Sayles November 1943: American flyer George Watt parachutes out of his burning warplane and lands in rural Nazi-occupied Belgium. Escape from Hitler's Europe is the incredible story of his getaway-how brave villagers spirited him to Brussels to connect with the Comet Line, a rescue arm of the Belgian resistance. This was a gravely dangerous mission, especially for a Jewi

Author Biography

George Watt (1913--1994) was a student leader in the 1930s and later a political activist, printer, social worker, and administrator of a community mental health center.