Bert Poels (right), the organizer of a group that saved more than 300 pilots from the hands of the Gestapo, in a room of his farm in America (Limburg). He explains the lists to be filled in by the pilots and shows pictures of the men who passed through De Zwarte Plak on their way back to the Allied lines. 300 pilots, 60 French prisoners of war, 30 Jews and many others who had to be hidden from the Gestapo is the record for The Black Stick, in addition to countless sabotage actions prepared here. There was even a court for traitors and Gestapo agents Date: August 1945 Location: America, Horst K
Bert Poels (right), the organizer of a group that saved more than 300 pilots from the hands of the Gestapo, in a room of his farm in America (Limburg). He explains the lists to be filled in by the pilots and shows pictures of the men who passed through De Zwarte Plak on their way back to the Allied lines. 300 pilots, 60 French prisoners of war, 30 Jews and many others who had to be hidden from the Gestapo is the record for The Black Stick, in addition to countless sabotage actions prepared here. There was even a court for traitors and Gestapo agents Date: August 1945 Location: America, Horst Keywords: farms, shelters, World War II, Resistance Personal name: Poels, Bert
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