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Lheureux, Adolphe

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Adolphe Lheureux was born in Fumal, Belgium in 1919. He recalls that his family were very religious Christians and Belgian patriots; attending school in Huy; military enlistment in 1938; German invasion; fleeing with his battalion to France; sailing from La Turballe to England; enlisting in the Special Operations Executive (SOE) to continue to fight against Germany; months of physical and intelligence training; parachuting into Belgium in fall 1941; reunion with his fiancée and family; living in Liège; condemning the treatment of Jews based on his Christian beliefs; organizing a sabotage group; retrieving supplies; hiding when one of his men was captured; killing a German policeman; capture in April 1942; imprisonment and being handcuffed night and day, in the Citadelle de Liège for four months; interrogations; transfer to St. Leonhard, then fifteen days later to Bochum; designation as a "Nacht und Nebel" political prisoner; transfer eight months later to Esterwegen; listening to a clandestine radio; transfer to Ichtershausen; slave labor in a munitions factory; evacuation to Pössneck; escape; liberation by United States troops; traveling to Weimar; repatriation to Brussels; and debriefing by the SOE. Mr. L. discusses the importance of faith to his survival; his efforts to raise morale in the camps; intergroup relations; not sharing his experiences with his children, fearing he would transmit his hatred; giving up his hatred after some years; sharing his experiences with his grandchildren; and pervasive painful memories.

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

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Code interview : YA/FA/099
Date interview : 04/03/1996
Lieu interview : Centre Audiovisuel de l’Université Libre de Bruxelles
Durée interview : 4h36
Langue interview : Français
Interviewers : Michel Rosenfeldt et Nina Toussaint
Cameraman : Guerric Marcipont
Consultation : Autorisée
Indexation thématique : non
Séquençage interview : non

Mots-clés du témoignage :
Bochum (prison) | Buchenwald | Cojugal (mission) / S.O.E. (Special Operations Executive) | Esterwegen | Ichterhausen (prison) | Liège citadelle (prison) | Nacht und Nebel (N.N.) | Résistant / Résistante

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