Escape From Behind Enemy Lines Presentation At Library

In honor of Veterans Day, the East Brunswick Public Library (2 Jean Walling Civic Center Drive) hosts the special program "Escape From Behind Enemy Lines" on Monday, November 10 at 7:00 pm. Guest lecturer Rick Feingold recounts the story of his father, Lt. Louis Feingold (a US Army Air Force B-17 navigator), who escaped Nazi capture.

Lt. Feingold flew 21 bombing missions during World War II. His B-17 was attacked by seven German fighter planes and shot down over enemy-occupied France. His story is told using letters, maps and even the original fake identity cards that led to his escape.

His escape was made possible by the Shelburne Line, an escape network operating through occupied France during World War II. The French Resistance rescued downed airmen and hid them from the Germans utilizing a series of safe-houses. Once a month, the men were transported to the Brittany coast under the cover of darkness to meet a British Motor Gun Boat, which would return them to England. From 1943 to 1944, 136 Allied servicemen escaped this way.

A guest lecturer at Bergen Community College, Rick Feingold teaches the class The Air Force in World War II.

This program is free and open to the public. It will be held in the library's Meeting Rooms 1 and 2.