Andre Heijmans was the youngest brother of my father, David Heymans. When I, John Heymans, reached the age of understanding certain matters better, and after we both survived the second World-War, my father told me the following story:
Andre was hidden and betrayed. The SS (Special Security forces from the Germans), were convinced that he knew the addresses from hiding family members. He was put under heavy physical and mental pressure, and survived, without compassion, a very painful and tough interrogation and at the end heavy tortures, without providing them with any information what so ever.
This caused frustrations and blind anger by the interrogators. Eye-witnesses told family members that his face was not recognizable anymore, without front-teeth, mutilated nose and slammed and banged eyes. Under punishment conditions he was directly send to Auschwitz where on the 28th of February 1943, his life came to an end, he was 30 years old.
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The Fate of Andre Jozef Heijmans
What we know about my uncle, the youngest brother of my father, Andre Jozef Heijmans.In the English language, especially for my children and grandchildren.