Basque Children of the Resistance

Friday, 20 December 2019 / Published in World War II Escape Lines
Comet Line children meet in France
Children of the Comet Line resistance network, which operated during World War Two, meet for the first time. 75 years after their work ended. Maialen Larretche, now 90 years old, from Urrugne (France) and Paco Iriarte, now 86 years old, from Oiartzun (Spain) reminisce in their native Basque language.

Comet Line Crossing of the Pyrenees

Tuesday, 20 August 2019 / Published in World War II Escape Lines
pyrenean experience sunset over the valley on our guided walking holidays in the Pyrenees
A detailed description of Jim Allison's escape from Nazi occupied Europe with the help of the Pyrenean escape route known as the Comet Line. First-hand details from the final survivors of the Comet resistance network.