| LC control no. | n 2004023585 |
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| Personal name heading | Jongh, Andrée de |
| Variant(s) | De Jongh, Andrée Jongh, Dédée de Dédée Petit Cyclone Little Cyclone |
| Found in | Shuff, D. Evader, 2003: p. vi, etc. (Countess A. de Jongh; Countess Andrée de Jongh (Dédée); GM; signed pref.: Brussels, 2003; Resistance girl code name Dédée; along with father, set up Comète Line during WWII; Belgian; honored with title countess for wartime services to her country) p. 167 (devoted life to humanitarian needs in Africa, mostly as nursing sister in leper hosp. in Belgian Congo) jkt. (23-yr.-old leader of Comète Line in 1941) LC database, Oct. 18, 2004 (hdg.: Jongh, Andrée de; usage: Little Cyclone) The times Monday, Oct. 23, 2000, online: Survivors of wartime escape route reunited, Oct. 18, 2004: homepage (Andrée de Jongh; 24-yr. old Belgian woman on Aug. 5, 1941, when she helped Jack Newton escape; variously known as "Dédée" or "Petit Cyclone"; created "Comet Line" escape route) Andree de Jongh: from Wikipedia, the free encyclop. online, Oct. 18, 2004: homepage (Andree de Jongh; b. 1916 in Schaerbeek, Belgium; member of Belgian Resistance who org. Comet Line for escaped Allied soldiers during WWII; trained as nurse; was working as commercial artist when German troops invaded Belgium in 1940; later made Belgian countess; retired; lives in Brussels) Times online WWW site, Oct. 16, 2007 (Andrée de Jongh; b. Nov. 30, 1916, Brussels; d. Oct. 13, 2007; Belgian resistance worker who braved extreme danger to smuggle Allied airmen out of Nazi-occupied territories) |
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