Lecture
Helen Fry
Thursday 23.07.2026
Helen Fry
The Nazi Ghost Train
Thursday 23.07.2026
How to watch
This lecture starts on 23 July at 7:00pm (UK).
Summary
Helen Fry in conversation with Greg Lewis on “the Nazi Ghost train”—the true story of how more than 1,400 women and men of the Resistance, as well as SOE and airmen from Britain, Canada, and the US, were saved from death in a concentration camp by the courage and ingenuity of a small group of Belgian civilians.
Greg Lewis’s book The Nazi Ghost Train: Evasion, Betrayal, and Escape during World War II is available for purchase on Amazon US and Amazon UK.
Helen Fry
Helen Fry has authored and edited over 25 books covering the social history of the Second World War, including British Intelligence and the secret war, espionage, and spies, as well as MI9 escape and evasion. She is the foremost authority on the “secret listeners” who worked at special eavesdropping sites operated by British Intelligence during WWII. Helen is the official biographer of MI6 spymaster, Colonel Thomas Joseph Kendrick. She has also extensively written about the 10,000 Germans who fought for Britain during WWII. Helen has appeared in a number of documentaries and has provided advisory services for TV and drama. She also appears regularly in media interviews and podcasts. Helen is an ambassador for the National Centre for Military Intelligence (NCMI) and serves as a trustee of both the Friends of the Intelligence Corps Museum and the Medmenham Collection. She works in London.