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Rare ES36d Liberation of Buchenwald Signed H Daman Clews Imprisoned Ravensbruck in Buchenwald. 11 04 85 Weimar CDS ( East Germany ) 40th Anniversary of Liberation Buchenwald Concentration Camp. Cover depicts the Buchenwald Concentration Camp Memorial and Liberation logo. Buchenwald Concentration Camp accommodated some 25, 000 prisoners. Many of whom were exterminated and cremated by the Gestapo. In late 1944 2, 000 prisoners. including 180 Allied Aircrew, were transported from Paris to Buchenwald and held there until the Luftwaffe obtained their release as POW's and moved them to Stalag Luft 3 at Zagen. Carried from Fresnes Prison Paris to Buchenwald Concentration camp, , Weimar by Sqn Ldr S A Booker MBE, former inmate No 78370, Retracing the journey he was forced to make on 14th to 18th August 1944. Then together with 1650 French Resistance Patriots and 76 follow members of the Royal Air Force captured by the Gestapo whilst evading capture in Northern France. Special Signed by Mrs Hortense Daman Clews Member Belgian Secret Army. Imprisoned Ravensbruck in Buchenwald. She became involved in the Belgian Resistance when she was 13 after the Nazis invaded Belgium in 1940. Her brother François was in the Belgian army when Germany invaded, he was working for the Red Cross as a cover for his work in the Belgian Army of Partisans. Hortense Daman began helping her brother with his work with the Belgium Resistance, helping Allied servicemen evade capture. She mainly worked as a courier which involved carrying messages, explosives and weapons beneath the upper layer in her cycle pannier whilst pretending to be carrying out grocery deliveries for her mother. Once during these deliveries, was stopped by officers doing ID checks. Thankfully, she also had groceries with her and produced eggs to prove her alibi. As leaders in the Resistance were being arrested or assassinated, she was assigned to go to a certain residence to collect confidential files. On the train home, however, the Secret Field Police were checking ID papers as well as bags and parcels. Was not discovered during this mission, On the 14th February 1944, the Gestapo raided the family home after someone informed on the family's resistance work. She was arrested along with her parents, and they were taken to a local prison where they suffered interrogation and vicious beatings by the Gestapo and Belgian SS. Daman was interrogated every day for thirty days. She was sentenced to death without trial and moved to the Ravensbruck concentration camp in Germany with her mother; her father was sent to Buchenwald Concentration camp. Whilst at Ravensbrück, she was subjected to experiments including infecting her leg with gangrene (the German doctors deciding not to amputate) and attempted sterilisation. Whilst at Ravensbrück, her life was saved by the actions of British secret agent Violette Szabo who was also a prisoner there. At the end of the war, She was reunited with her Mother, Father and Brother. In 1946, she met and married Sydney Clews who was a Staff Sergeant in the British Army; and they eventually settled in Staffordshire. Sixteen years later, despite the experiments that had been carried out at Ravensbrück, she gave birth to daughter Julia and, seven years later, son Christopher. Certified Copy No 120 of 245. Signed Gp Capt W S O Randle CBE AFC DFM FRAeS. Pilot with Bomber Command 1941 to 1945 Nos 150 and 692 Squadrons. Shot down over Germany September 1942, and with the aid of the Comet Escape Line Successfully evaded capture and returned to UK via Belgium, France, Spain and Gibraltar. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
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29 Nov 2024 18:00 GMT
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All autographs and first day covers will come securely packaged with an envelope stiffener in a board-backed envelope. Larger photographs and prints are sent in a tough tube, and books and oversized/framed items will be packaged with bubble wrap and sent in a box.