It’s really good to hear from someone in France who is interested in this part of History. I’ve recently read Joe’s book which I found to be very moving and filled in some details on my father’s life. As you may be aware, he died in 1992 and had not really talked much about his wartime experiences though we were aware that he had been in Buchenwald after being shot down over France. He was shot down shortly after getting married so you can imagine the terrible effect this had on my mother. We do have the letter (written in French) from the people who initially sheltered him which let her know that he was safe but had been betrayed – I think this letter came from Gisors. We also have a later letter from France and we are only sorry that none of the family has ever been aware of the brave French people who sheltered him and have not had the opportunity to meet and thank their families.
Before he died, my father had begun to write some of his own war memories (though did not get as far as 1944) and he also spoke fairly extensively to my son David (his oldest grandson). When my mother died in 1999, she asked that all of my father’s war ‘mementos’ should go to David so he now has some of the documents and photos which you might be interested in.
I’ve forwarded your e-mail to him (and copied him into this reply) so that, between us, we’ll try to give you as much help as we can.If you can let us know your e-mail address we can correspond directly Best wishes John Fernandez

Just a wee hello from Denmark to tell you that I have just been on the telephone to a friend of mine, Ed Carter-Edwards of Smithville Ontario, Canada.

Being a member of the KLB-club, Ed was thrilled when I told him that the two of you have a book out about the airmen in Buchenwald.

I met Ed and his wife Lois in The Museum of The Danish Resisstance back in the fall of 1990.They had been invited to Copenhagen by Danish policemen and members of the KLB-Club then.

Ed seemed very interested in a display of radiosets used during the occupation of Denmark. As I had been a wireless operator during my national service and had worked alongside Canadian signallers for a whole year, while with the UN i Cyprus,
I thought I could tell this Canadian couple about the radiosets and they could brush up my Canadian English, that after nearly twenty years had become a little rusty.

We have kept in touch ever since.

I am looking forward to read more of the pages here.

Yours Aye

Tom Bruun