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Achille D. Holocaust testimony (HVT-4233) interviewed by Michel Rosenfeldt,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-4233

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Achille D., a non-Jew, who was born in Harelbeke, Belgium in 1924, one of two children. He recounts being orphaned when he was eight; living with loving grandparents; attending school to become a textile engineer in Kortrijk (Courtrai); distributing Resistance publications and doing reconnaisance for the Front de l'indépendance; arrest in April 1942; incarceration in Courtrai prison; a public trial; a five-month prison sentence; incarceration in St. Gilles and Merxplas; receiving Red Cross packages; visits from his aunt; attending classes; release in August; continuing to work with the Front de l'indépendance; postwar recognition as a Resistant; receiving compensation for arthritis resulting from his imprisonment; and participating in an organization of former political prisoners.
Author/Creator: D., Achille, 1925-
Published: Brussels, Belgium : Fondation Auschwitz, 1999
Interview Date: July 5, 1999.
Locale: Belgium
Harelbeke (Belgium)
Kortrijk (Belgium)
Cite As: Achille D. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-4233). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Rosenfeldt, Michel, interviewer.
Notes: This testimony is in French.

Physical Details

Language: French
Copies: 2 copies: Betacam SP dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (2 hr., 58 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects (Local Yale): Resistance.
Subjects: Video tapes. Men. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Belgian. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Belgium. World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, German. Belgium. Harelbeke (Belgium) Kortrijk (Belgium) Oral histories (document genres) D., Achille,--1925- Front de l'indépendance. International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
Special Collection: Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies

Link to Yale University Library Catalog:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/6139155
Record last modified:: 2018-08-01 09:39:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt6139155

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