Breaking-In Painting by Edgar Degas

Famous Art work & Drawing by Edgar Degas - Breaking-In

Breaking-In. 1860s. Pastel on paper. The Pushkin Museum of Fine Art, Moscow, Russia.

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In May 1940, when the Nazis invaded Belgium 24-year-old Andree swore to follow Edith Cavell’s footsteps. For almost seven months, she nursed the wounded Belgian and British men in the Bruges hospitals. Meanwhile, Belgium and the neighbouring countries were captured by the enemy. The German police had started its work. The hidden soldiers of the Allied forces were being captured and tortured.

Under such surveillance, Andree planned an escape to Britain via Gibraltar. In meant nearly 600 miles through the Nazi occupied France and almost another 600 miles through pro-Nazi Spain. It also meant crossing the national frontiers and several military zones. It required recruitment of hundreds of underground coasters wiling to risk their lives for the strangers. It was not an easy task to outwit the most cunning and cruel repressive secret police in Europe.

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