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Aug 24, 1908: On this date Ian Garrow was born. He was the founder of the Pat O'Leary Line in Marseilles which helped Allied soldiers and airmen escape Nazi-occupied France.
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During WW2 the US Playing Card Company, working with the Office of Strategic Services & MI9 created a deck of cards to aid Allied prisoners of war escape from German POW camps. When the cards were soaked in water, they separated to reveal a portion of a map of Europe. An escapee would need to piece together a whole map from multiple cards. This escape aid helped at least 32 people escape from Colditz Castle & prompted some 316 escape attempts.
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Furse established safe houses across Marseilles, one of them in a brothel. Her group was eventually betrayed & she was imprisoned. While in prison, she smuggled money & secreted messages in condoms in her vagina. After her eventual release she returned to London, but as she was well known to the Gestapo her request to return to occupied France was denied. She had 5 children. She died at age 92 on Oct 14, 2002. (2/2)
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/oct/16/guardianobituaries.nicholasdejongh
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During WW2, the U.S. Playing Card Company created a deck of cards to help Allied prisoners of war escape from German camps. When this Ace of Spades is soaked in water, it separates to reveal a piece of a map inside. The decks helped at least 32 prisoners successfully escape the Colditz Castle POW camp.
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↪ It was a true testimony that British #Intelligence understood the mindset of their prisoners...
📚 Dr. #HelenFry is an author and historian and has authored and edited over 25 #books covering the social #history of the Second World War, including British #Intelligence and the secret #war, #espionage and #spies, and #MI9 escape and evasion.
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Furse established safe houses across Marseilles, one of them in a brothel. Her group was eventually betrayed & she was imprisoned. While in prison, she smuggled money & secreted messages in condoms in her vagina. After her eventual release she returned to London, but as she was well known to the Gestapo her request to return to occupied France was denied. She had 5 children. She died at age 92 on Oct 14, 2002. (2/2)
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/oct/16/guardianobituaries.nicholasdejongh
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Aug 24, 1908: On this date Ian Garrow was born. He was the founder of the Pat O'Leary Line in Marseilles which helped Allied soldiers and airmen escape Nazi-occupied France.
(Map of western Europe depicting the major WW2 escape lines: Pat O’Leary, Comet, and Shelburne.)
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Aug 24, 1908: On this date Ian Garrow was born. He was the founder of the Pat O'Leary Line in Marseilles which helped Allied soldiers and airmen escape Nazi-occupied France.