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Henri Eischen 1885 - 1945 Edit

Born 18.5.1885 in Hemstal
Died 21.2.1945 in Mauthausen

Biography

Henri Eischen was born on 18 May 1885 in Hemstal (Luxembourg). He was a factory worker. On 25 April 1944 Henri and his wife Marie were taken into custody for assisting a deserter. First he was held in Grund prison then later taken to the Hinzert concentration camp. From September 1944 to January 1945 he was interned in the Rodgau-Dieburg prisoner camp before being sent to Mauthausen. On 21 February 1945 he died in the infirmary camp at Mauthausen concentration camp. His wife died in Ravensbrück. Of their five children, their son Pierre was shot on 11 July 1944 in Frankfurt am Main as a réfractaire.

Paul Dostert / Robert Peffer / Eugène Thomé

 

Centre de Documentation et de Recherche sur la Résistance

 

 

Translation into English: Joanna White

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