The obituary of Jaap Penraat
in today’s New York Times—
“Hudson Talbott, a longtime friend of Mr. Penraat’s who wrote a children’s book about his experiences (Forging Freedom: A True Story of Heroism During the Holocaust) said his research indicated there was a daredevil aspect to the missions.
‘The feeling I get is that he just loved the idea of putting one over on the Nazis,’ Mr. Talbott said in an interview with The Albany Times Union. ‘It wasn’t a joke, or a game, but clearly there was something about fooling them that was an important aspect of this.'” –Douglas Martin in today’s New York Times
See also:
and
Jaap’s Puzzle Page.