Itterbeek, Raymond

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Raymond Itterbeek was born in Brussels, Belgium in 1922. He recalls his happy childhood; scouting activities; German invasion; traveling with the scouts to France; returning after three months; hiding Jewish families with both sets of grandparents; joining the Resistance in 1941; accompanying downed Allied pilots to Lille; arrest en route with two pilots in January 1944; interrogation in Lille; transfer to St. Gilles; his trial and death sentence; his parents' arrest and trial for hiding an airman; transfer with his father to prison in Bayreuth, then to Amberg in March 1945; brief slave labor; punishment for sabotaging the work; liberation by United States troops; returning to Brussels; and reunion with his mother (she had been in Ravensbrück) and sister (she had been in hiding). Mr. I. discusses guilt over a family who were arrested for hiding people at his urging (the parents did not survive); learning about death and concentration camps only after the war; sharing his experiences with his children; participating in a group of those who were condemned to death and deported; writing about this; and his parents' reluctance to share their experiences.

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

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Code interview : YA/FA/054
Date interview : 09/12/1994
Lieu interview : Centre Audiovisuel de l’Université Libre de Bruxelles
Durée interview : 3h51
Langue interview : Français
Interviewers : Yannis Thanassekos et Elisabeth Inchusta
Cameraman : Adrien Antoniol
Consultation : Autorisée
Indexation thématique : Oui
Séquençage interview : non