- Document ID: 9724558
- Document Collection: 1.1.5.7 Nummern-Namen-Kartei Buchenwald (Maenner)
- Link to Online Archive: https://collections.arolsen-archives.org/de/document/9724558
Maurice NEDEY, b. 25.04.1913
A married man
#French #resistance
Detained in Compiègne
In Buchenwald from 21.08.1944 with prisoner nr 81114 - from 02.10.1944 in Bad Gandersheim subcamp, where he was still recorded on 13.12.1944
Later in Dachau, based on indirect testimonies linked below.
A survivor.
With direct and indirect testimonies related to Maurice Nedey’s deeds for the Resistance:
http://www.francaislibres.net/liste/fiche.php?index=121364
M. Nedey was head of a leading Resistance group in the Saône-et-Loire department of France. He organized several successful engagements against German patrols who tried to capture the material sent. M. Nedey was arrested in June, 1944, and horribly tortured. He was deported to Dachau and was recently repatriated to France.
Describing this torture Nedey says: “De Bernonville seated behind his desk merely gave orders and led the course of the interrogation. De Bernonville demanded the whereabouts of the Maquis; the names of high-ranking officers; the location of arms depots; the passwords for various parachute districts; the whereabouts of hidden British parachutists; and the source of our orders.
‘•‘They spat on me, hit me with their fists, kicked me in the stomach. I warded off the blows as much as I could. One of them lashed me across the stomach with a whip and I thought I would vomit. I dropped to the floor time after time but they immediately made me get on my feet again by kicking me in the sides.
“De Bernonville gave such orders as: ‘Make him talk!’ ‘Stop!’ ‘Continue!’ He said: ‘It’s in your interests to talk and tell us all.’ ‘I’m in a hurry and have no time to waste.’
“He (De Bernonville) commanded my torturers to use electricity on me. They took a wire, which they spliced, attaching half to my handcuffs and pricking me with the other half, thus causing burns.
“I curled up like a worm, crying out like a madman. To keep me from moving they passed a chair under my arm, blocking me against the wall.
“De Bernonville was impassive. I begged him to have pity and I recited prayers. These various tortures lasted all day with a three-quarters-of-anhour rest at noon and ended at seven at night. Then De Bernonville made me sign an admission which I had not even read.”
Nedey adds that he pleaded not to be handed over to the Germans. De Bernonville promised not to do this. A few days later De Bernonville broke his promise and Nedey was sent to Germany after a rubber strapping by the Gestapo. The French Embassy in Canada says Nedey was not and is not a Communist. …"
Links and other sources:
https://geneafrance.com/france/mplf/?mplf=1341780
https://geneafrance.com/france/mplf/?mplf=326280
https://geneafrance.com/france/mplf/?mplf=326281
http://www.bddm.org/liv/details.php?id=I.265.#NEDEY
https://collections.arolsen-archives.org/en/archive/1-1-5-3_01010503-001-357-164
https://www.memoiredeshommes.sga.defense.gouv.fr/fr/arkotheque/client/mdh/medailles_resistance/detail_fiche.php?ref=3345586