Desmet, Raymond

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Raymond Desmet was born in approximately 1938, an orphan. He recounts being hidden in Brussels in 1942 (he recalls a house, but does not remember with whom he was hiding); being moved to a convent in Borsbeek; transfer to Antwerp, then Malines; release with eleven other children to an Association des juifs de Belgique (AJB) children's home in Vlezenbeek, then to another elsewhere; the Resistance hiding him in a convent in Rixensart; liberation; placement in an AJB home in Aische-en-Rafail; living with a family of survivors who wanted to adopt him; transfer to an AJB home in Lasne-Chapelle-Saint-Lambert for two years; renouncing Judaism and belief in God; transfer to Jewish children's homes in Ronquières, Auderghem, and Brussels; not being allowed to see his "adoptive" family or to be adopted by other families; difficulties in school.

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

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Code interview : YA/FA/190
Date interview : 23/04/2001
Lieu interview : Fondation Auschwitz Bruxelles
Durée interview : 3h
Langue interview : Français
Interviewers : Yannis Thanassekos et Jean-Marie De Becker
Cameraman : Daniel Weyssow
Consultation : Autorisée
Indexation thématique : non
Séquençage interview : non

Mots-clés du témoignage :
Dossin / Malines/Mechelen | Enfant caché | Home A.I.V.G | Home A.J.B | Juif / Juive