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Haulot, Arthur

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Hasson, Vittorio
Heimans, Eugène
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Arthur Haulot was born in Angleur, Belgium in 1913. He recalls his happy childhood; socialist activities; working as a journalist; marriage; his daughter's birth; German invasion; fleeing to Poitiers, then Toulouse; returning home in August; participating in the socialist Resistance; traveling to Paris as part of the Resistance; surrendering to save his family from arrest after a colleague was caught with his name; incarceration in St. Gilles; transfer to another prison where nuns assisted him; deportation to Mauthausen as a “Nacht und Nebel” prisoner; witnessing a guard strangling a Jewish prisoner; transfer to Dachau three months later; a friend obtaining a privileged position for him first as a cleaner and then as a head nurse; rivalries between communists and socialists; becoming the "representative" of Belgian prisoners; arranging with a camp official to share Red Cross packages with non-Belgian prisoners; undergoing a medical experiment; homosexuality among prisoners; liberation in April 1945; repatriation in June; his daughter not recognizing him; and attending Nuremberg and other war crime trials. Mr. H. discusses his relationship with Hendrik de Man; the importance to his survival of luck and a will to live; his relatively easy experience in Dachau; prisoners' loss of self identity in camps; the limitations of testimony since one can only convey one's own experiences and perceptions of them; nightmares resulting from his experiences; years of strained relations with his daughter; and writing poetry about his experiences.

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

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Code interview : YA/FA/038
Date interview : 23/02/1994 et 11/04/1994
Lieu interview : Centre Audiovisuel de l’Université Libre de Bruxelles
Durée interview : 4H39
Langue interview : Français
Interviewers : Yannis Thanassekos et Elisabeth Inchusta
Cameraman : Jacques-Yves Le Docte
Consultation : Autorisée
Indexation thématique : Oui
Séquençage interview : non

Mots-clés du témoignage :
Dachau | Mauthausen | Nacht und Nebel (N.N.) | Parti socialiste clandestin | Résistant / Résistante | Saint Gilles (prison)

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