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Dehousse, Martin

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Description de l'interview extraite du site US Fortunoff / Biographie à venir

 

Maurice Dehousse was born in Herstal, Belgium in 1920. He recalls a happy childhood; moving to Brussels in about 1927; attending university; German invasion; traveling to Bredene, intending to enlist; returning to Brussels; continuing university; joining the Resistance; distributing Resistance newspapers; directing a group in Mons; traveling to Liège; arrest; incarceration in St. Gilles in October 1941; torture during interrogations (he suffers from the consequences to the present time); transfer in January 1942 to a prison in Germany, in September to Bochum, and in 1943 to Hameln; forced labor; transfer in February 1944 to Esterwegen; transfer to Graz prison, then Dachau; assignment to the “Nacht und Nebel� barrack; a fellow prisoner hiding him in the infirmary for more than two months so he would not be selected; transfer to Kaufbeuren, then Allach; being chosen as a member of the international prisoner committee that liberated Allach; the arrival of United States troops; returning to Brussels; reunion with his family; assistance from the Red Cross; continuing his education; and his career as an academic and scientist. Mr. D. discusses the camp prisoner hierarchy; the physical and psychic impact of starvation; not knowing the person he was in 1938; and reluctance to share details of his experiences with his children.

(Copyright : Fortunoff Video Archives for Holocaust Testimonies – Yale)

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Code interview : YA/FA/046
Date interview : 11/05/1994
Lieu interview : Centre Audiovisuel de l’Université Libre de Bruxelles
Durée interview : 6h05
Langue interview : Français
Interviewers : Frédéric Ficheffet et Elisabeth Inchusta
Cameraman : Adrien Antoniol/Vincent Dery
Consultation : Autorisée
Indexation thématique : Oui
Séquençage interview : non

Mots-clés du témoignage :
Armée Secrète (A.S.) | Bochum (prison) | Brauweiler (prison) | Dachau | Esterwegen | Graz (prison) | Nacht und Nebel (N.N.) | Résistant / Résistante

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