Young ELMS

Young ELMS introduces the escape-line story to younger audiences. The materials here are designed for school visits, family history projects and youth participants in the Freedom Trails. Use the links below to dive straight into the themed resources.

Learning Resources

Activities – Interactive puzzles, quizzes and games to explore the wartime home front.
Children at War – Accounts of wartime childhoods, rationing, evacuation and resilience.
History of Escape – Illustrated timeline and case studies that show how helpers and evaders worked together.
Young ELMS Book Reviews – Reviews written by students for their peers.

Young ELMS for Schools

Resources and activities specifically designed for teachers and classroom use:

Young ELMS for Schools – Curriculum-linked resources for teachers introducing pupils to the escape lines.
- Resources – Downloadable PDFs, worksheets and teaching materials.
- Secret Code – Learn the Prisoner of War Tap Code used by captives to communicate.
- School Links – Connect your school with partner schools across Europe, ELMS talks and teaching aids.

Beyond WW2

Post WW2 Escape & Evasion – Contemporary missions and how the traditions continued beyond 1945.

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Children at War

…And the kids did their bit too! Many people think of children during WW2 as just evacuees . True, many children were evacuated, taken from their homes in the cities to 'safer' parts of the country, b…

Activities

Put your wartime knowledge to the test with our collection of interactive puzzles and challenges. Each activity explores different aspects of life during World War II, from secret codes and rationing…

History of Escape

A Short History of Escape !artie1Where there are people held against their will, there will also be those who will escape. And where there is escape, there is always a ‘helper’. ‘Escape’ is something…

Post WW2 Escape & Evasion

Post WW2 Escapers, Evaders and Resistance Korea · Vietnam · Falkland Islands · Gulf War · Sierra Leone Across the second half of the twentieth century, servicemen and civilians continued the tradition…

Schools

Young ELMS for Schools provides curriculum linked resources for teachers introducing pupils to the escape lines. Partner schools across Europe use these materials to connect local history with broader…