Ferdinand de Greve
Ferdinand de Grève (born January 19, 1910 in Schaerbeek ; † 1980 ) was a Belgian civil servant and resistance fighter against National Socialism , a prisoner in the Buchenwald concentration camp , secretary of the Belgian Buchenwald Society and a member of the General Council of the International Buchenwald-Dora Committee and Command .
Life
De Greve was in his home official in the civil service . On May 8, 1944, he was brought into the Buchenwald concentration camp as a political prisoner and was given the prisoner number 49053. He was assigned to the "camp protection" command and was able to help rescue numerous prisoners. He became a member of the Belgian military section of the International Military Organization (IMO).
When the Nazi rule was eliminated, he returned to Belgium, became secretary of the Belgian Buchenwald Society and a member of the General Council of the International Buchenwald-Dora and Commands Committee.
Literature and media
- IDFBW000956 Documentary GDR, 1974: AND EVERYONE HAD A NAME. ETTERSBERG (BEECH FOREST). [AT], director: Gerhard Jentsch , production: DEFA-Studio for short films, Potsdam-Babelsberg; for the Buchenwald National Memorial, Weimar
- Author collective: Buchenwald. Reminder and obligation. Documents and reports. German publisher d. Sciences, Berlin 1983, p. 754.
Individual evidence
- ^ Author collective: Buchenwald ... 1983, p. 441.
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SURNAME | De Grève, Ferdinand |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian civil servant and resistance fighter |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 19, 1910 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Schaerbeek |
DATE OF DEATH | 1980 |