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Hereng, Alfred

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

 

Alfred Hereng was born in Brussels, Belgium in 1919. He recounts moving to Nice after eighth grade; training as a pilot in Clermont-Ferrand; enlisting in the Belgian military in 1938; various assignments, including in Namur; German invasion; returning to his parents' home (they had returned to Belgium); hiding when Germans came for him; joining the Resistance in the Ardennes; delivering documents to a French aviator in Paris; observing Jews with yellow stars; his aunt hiding Jews; denouncement, arrest, and interrogation; transfer to prison in Arlon; being tortured; deportation to Essen/Deckenschule; friendship with a Jewish prisoner; slave labor carrying bags of cement; praying often; Allied bombings resulting in many prisoner deaths; assignment to exhuming corpses; transfer to another camp; abandonment by German guards; assistance from a German nun; liberation by United States troops; hospitalization in Recklinghausen for a month; transfer to a refugee camp; repatriation via Liège; receiving a Red Cross package en route; reunion with his parents; and joining organizations for former prisoners. Mr. H. discusses assistance from fellow prisoners; the obsession with food and viewing atrocities  in camps; recurring nightmares; visiting Essen in the 1950s (remains of the camp were being demolished); and not sharing his experiences for many years.

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

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Code interview : YA/FA/159
Date interview : 14/06/1999
Lieu interview : Au domicile du témoin (1080 Bruxelles)
Durée interview : 5h
Langue interview : Français
Interviewers : Yannis Thanassekos et Michel Rosenfeldt
Cameraman : Michaël Dippold
Consultation : Autorisée
Indexation thématique : non
Séquençage interview : non

Mots-clés du témoignage :
Arlon (prison) | Deckenschule / Essen | Essen (prison) | Front de l’Indépendance (F.I.) | Neerfeld / Essen | Résistant / Résistante | Service de Renseignement et d’Action (S.R.A.)

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