Henri Pieck

Henri Christiaan Pieck, also called Den Helder ( born April 19, 1895 in Den Helder, † January 12, 1972 ) was a Dutch painter, architect and graphic designer, a resistance fighter against National Socialism, a prisoner in the Buchenwald concentration camp, and a member of the Dutch resistance group.

Life

Henri Pieck came along with his twin brother Anton Franciscus Pieck to the World, which also became an architect later. He studied for his education painting and architecture. In the 1930s he worked as an informant from a socialist conviction under the direction of Ignace Reiss for the Soviet secret service, which he zuspielte by the acquaintance of a friend numerous documents from the State Department. After the German occupation, he was active in the anti-fascist resistance. In 1940 he was arrested and taken to prison in Scheveningen. 1941 made ​​him the Gestapo prison in the Oranje Hotel and from there via the transit camp in Amersfoort in the German concentration camp Buchenwald, where he was transferred to the prison hospital. He worked illegally in the Dutch resistance group and made many drawings and other graphic works on the Detainee everyday to. At a New Year's Eve event 1944/45, he mounted a symbolic backdrop that represented the hope of liberation. In April 1945, he was among the 46 provided for the liquidation of the SS prisoners. After the self-liberation of the prisoners he was present as a member of the International Camp Committee in preparing for the funeral.

The Dutch prisoner Govert Ritmeester later said Pieck:

" My friend Henri Pieck, I have come to appreciate in Buchenwald, has with his skillful pen memories of the great misery and the many suffering we had to endure there, memories and the countless companions who have died there, away from their Family, emaciated, abused, condemned to death. And again and again, when I look at these pictures, I'm a shudder through the body, a shiver of disgust and horror. They are also a reminder for those who come after us, so that all see how futile is a war, learn that a people and a country can flourish only through peaceful work. "

Pieck was married twice and was the father of a son and two daughters.

Publications

  • Buchenwald: drawings from the concentration camp d / Henri Pieck. With e Vorw of Theun de Vries. [Ed of d camp community Buchenwald -Dora in d Federal Republic of Germany ], ISBN 3-87682-767-1
  • Buchenwald: Reprod. after see Zeichngn from d concentration camp / Henri Pieck. With e Vorw v. R. P. Clever Inga
  • Buchenwald: reproduced. naar het uit zijn teekeningen concentratiecamp / Henri Pieck. Met een voorw. R. P. van Cleveringa
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