Raymond Arend 1922 - 1944

Born 4.12.1922 in Oberkorn
Died 15.6.1944 in Hartheim

Biography

Raymond Arend was born on 4 December 1922 in Oberkorn (Luxembourg). He was a labourer and still single. On 25 August 1943 he was taken into protective custody. He was accused of having joined the illegal ‘band’ of ‘Holzheimer’ (conscientious objectors) living in hiding. In addition he is alleged to have possessed unauthorised weapons. Imprisoned first in Grund jail, he was then sent to Saarbrücken and from there, on 11 March 1944, to Mauthausen. On 15 June 1944 Arend was murdered at Hartheim Castle.

Paul Dostert / Robert Peffer / Eugène Thomé

 

Centre de Documentation et de Recherche sur la Résistance

 

Translation into English: Joanna White

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