Luck Through Adversity: The Memoir of a Dutchman's Flight to Freedom Through the Dutch-Paris Escape Line of World War II

Luck Through Adversity is the memoir of a remarkable evader of the Nazis during the Second World War. Pieter Rudy Zeemans escape to freedom from Nazi-occupied Holland led him across four countries and thousands of miles by rail car foot and sea. With the aid of the members of the Dutch-Paris Escape Line (founded and led by the intrepid John Weidner) as well as others he reached safety after passing through a long and winding gauntlet of Nazi patrols and other dangers. Luck Through Adversity is not only the story of Zeemans flight to freedom during World War II. It is also the story of his subsequent experiences in the former Dutch East Indies as a member of the Free Dutch Forces of his courtship and marriage to Marie Bernadette Mortimer of his post-war life and of his immigration to Australia as his adopted home. This book is a vital act of memory that will help to keep alive the story of the Dutch resisters and evaders of World War II and their inspiring resilience for future generations. It is filled with keen observations from a life well-lived.