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Les Affranchis (The Free) |
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Abromowitz,
Bonitz & Nance |
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 This section contains the questionnaires given to the trio of Abromowitz,
Bonitz & Nance, as well as a graphic for the Brussels group helping them,
'Les Affranchis' which translates as 'The Free'.
Most documents need interpretation and some appreciation of the subtlety
involved. This is a case in point. The airmen, when questioned were entirely
dependent on their potential helpers while the helpers were entirely
dependent in proving the genuine IDs of the men they were about to trust
their lives to. It was a deadly game and the losers faced death if the wrong
decisions to trust were made. The airmen wanted to protect their military
integrity and their previous helpers while the 'other side' had to have
enough information to prove they really were genuine airmen and had enough
reason to accept them. The airmen felt constrained by the instructions they
had been give at base about name, rank and serial number, which was both
impractical and meaningless to the resistance who were quite capable of
disposing of doubtful cases in the nearest canal. It was like a game of show
poker and each side had to turn over some of their cards. The airmen by
revealing enough and the resistance by accepting them.
Did these airmen show just enough of their hand or too much?
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Michael Moores LeBlanc (25 Mar 2006) |
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