Czech Republic - Jane Doe, deceased, possibly falsely IDd as Alice Billing, 4 March 2012

[Vern]

Don't forget the role of Canada and the Australians. The Dutch village my grandparents and my mother (2 years at the time) lived, were freed by Canadians.

In April 1945, the First Canadian Army swept north, liberating more of the Netherlands from nearly five years of German occupation, and providing food and medical aid to the starving population.

I'm serving in the Canadian Army now. My grandmother (a Canadian CWAC during WW2) and grandfather (sent off to War in Europe in 1939 and fighting his way through) met while serving in northern Europe in the run-up to Liberation and married in Amsterdam post-liberation.

They both participated in Operation FAUST (following Op MANNA) through the hunger winter in getting those food supplies out and delivered to the Dutch behind enemy lines and then in the Liberation. I'm so proud of them.

On topic: I've seen the movie The Woman in Gold a couple of years ago now. It made me very emotional. I did a lot of googling afterwards in my zeal to learn more about her struggles to get this painting back. She is inspiring in her fight to never give up on obtaining justice and seeing the right thing done.

This thread is certainly intriguing. Having looked at the photos on the first page of the known passport photo then the passport photo of Jane Doe, I think they are of the same person ... just with some years of stress showing in the most recent. Now, after reading the entire thread, I'm wavering on that.

 

[mrazda71]

Re EC Witness Statement,

In order to stay within the TOS, I had to figure out how to edit certain identifiers from the police file documents. I finally found a way to remove items like full names, addresses, residential addresses and telephone numbers, government-issued identification numbers, etc. If you are a verified professional in forensics (I need a forensics pathologist and finance), investigators, translators, and any professional who wants to help Jane Doe), please ask through private chat for the unredacted originals. This hampered my ability to answer your questions in a more timely manner, so please have patience.

Find attached the translated witness statement from EC: EC found the body and identified it as Alice. I have posted a previous post about EC.

Here are additional points that I find worth noting from EC’s official statement:

February 28, 2012 was the last day that EC saw Alice alive, when they had lunch together.

“Whether Alice has a health problem I am not aware of any, she seems to be psychologically a very strong person, who can solve her problems.”

A neighbor told EC that on March 3 after 1:00 pm, Alice “quickly drove off in her automobile, and she was speeding away and literally cut the curve.”

As to Alice’s mental health: “it did not appear to me, that she was in severe depression.”

Alice’s Husband’s “job was relocating from Germany to Dubai.”

Please ask me any questions; feel free to point out anything else that you find noteworthy that I may have overlooked. The importance I place on what I point out is based upon the fact that I have already read the other files which I am working to bring to you, and a whole lot more that is not in these police files.

Thank you,

MyCousinAlice

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So, Alice was stuck in a loveless marriage with a husband who she rarely saw but who's job was forcing out of her home in Germany to relocate to Dubai against her wishes, her son was dropping out of his studies and her alleged Czech lover had ended their relationship ... but no one thought she was depressed or suicidal?

Your Cousin Alice may have had financial comforts but, she seems to me from everything I've read to be someone struggling and putting on a brave face for the world until she couldn't face it any longer.

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[MyCousinAlice]

I will be focusing on disclosing all of the facts. I also plan to provide a summary list of these facts, time permitting.

So please don’t feel that I am avoiding or ignoring you, as once I get the facts posted, I will reengage. If I have time to answer short items, I will consider doing so.

Thank you for your patience.

 

[Sillybilly]

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