This work by the Belgian sculptor Etienne Desmet is a tribute to the brave attack in Boortmeerbeek by the three young men Youra Livschitz, Robert Maistriau and Jean Franklemon , on the ‘Transport XX’ deportation train – a cattle car train crammed with Jewish passengers, heading for Auschwitz. The story is told in the documentary film “Transport XX to Auschwitz” – https://michelvanderburg.com/2013/04/19/transport-xx-to-auschwitz/ With ‘Last Post’ by Boortmeerbeek’s trumpet player Freddy Verschuren .
① memo 20180429 ~ Hands ~ Filmed last Sunday at the Transport XX commemoration April 22 , 2018 in Boortmeerbeek , Belgium
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