① memo 20160520 ~ Rebel Max’s Russian Medals ~ Partisan for life , rebel, journalist .. and more .. Max De Vries (1914-2014 , Wellen , Limburg , Belgium) about his medals … at the book presentation Last Witnesses ( De Laatste Getuigen – vzw ‘De werkgroep 10 december 2008’ ) in Tongeren , Belgium , May 20, 2011.
” Yes !
They are all mine , yes …
… these are all Russian medals.
[ Can you tell me what they stand for ? ]
The cooperation of escaped Russian prisoners of war – from the coal mines in Limburg ..
… who had joined the Belgian partisan army during the war.
And the Russians – first from the Soviet Union , and now the Russians of today …
who consider me as a veteran of the Red Army. “
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