Brusselmans, Anne (c. 1905–)
Brusselmans, Anne (c. 1905–)
English resistance leader. Name variations: wrongly seen as Brusselsmans. Born c. 1905; lived in Brussels, Belgium; dau. of a British mother and Belgian father; m. Julien Brusselmans; children: Jacques Brusselmans (1935–2002) and Yvonne Daley-Brusselmans.
One of the unsung heroes of World War II, operated an escape line for Allied soldiers as an English housewife living in Brussels; supervised the passage of more than 150 British and American pilots out of Nazi-controlled territory in 4 years. Named MBE; awarded Belgian Croix de Guerre with Palm Leaf.
See also Yvonne Daley-Brusselmans, Belgium Rendez-Vous 127 Revisited: Anne Brusselmans, M.B.E.—Resistance, World War II (Sunflower U. Press).
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