Lecture: Escape from the Nazis: The Dutch-Paris Resistance Line

[Ian Milligan]

Dear colleagues –

I’m happy to announce that the first History Speaker Series event of 2019 is almost here. Mark your calendars!

Dr. Megan Koreman<https://dutchparisblog.com/about/> will be speaking at 7pm on Tuesday, 5 February at the John M. Harper Branch of the Waterloo Public Library (500 Fischer Hallman Road, at Laurelwood Drive).

She will be discussing her recent book, The Escape Line: How the Ordinary Heroes of Dutch-Paris Resisted the Nazi Occupation of Western Europe<https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-escape-line-9780190662271?cc=ca&lang=en&>. Her abstract, below, makes for interesting reading and I hope many of you can join us there. The Waterloo Public Library will be setting up a registration link in the coming days which will be posted at this event page: https://uwaterloo.ca/history/events/lecture-escape-nazis-dutch-paris-resistance-line.

Talk abstract:

Between 1942 and 1945, a resistance network known as the Dutch-Paris Line smuggled Dutch Jews and others targeted by the Nazis south into France, via Paris, and then to Switzerland. This network eventually grew to include 300 people, expanding its reach into Spain. Led by Jean Weidner, a Dutch businessman living in France, they became one of the most effective resistance groups of the Second World War. In addition to Jews, those it helped escape the clutches of the Nazis included resistance fighters, political foes, Allied airmen, and young men looking to get to London to enlist. As the need grew more desperate, so did the bravery of those who rose to meet it. Using recently declassified archives, The Escape Line tells the story of the Dutch-Paris and the thousands of people it saved during World War II.

All the best,

Ian

Ian Milligan
Associate Professor
Department of History, Faculty of Arts
University of Waterloo
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada
http://ianmilligan.ca
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