Tag: belgium

Diorama • Sally & Nelly Story #1 • 20250427


Diorama • Sally & Nelly Story, Episode #1 • French film with English subtitles.

English text below – Français au bas

Renée Cassin , goddaughter of Nelly Quintart , shows Michel van der Burg the miniature diorama she made in a glass showcase, with scenes of Belgian Resistance fighter Nelly Quintart hiding the Jewish Frankenthal family (Esther, Adolphe, and daughter Sally) at her place, 13 Rue Marie-Thérèse in Brussels, from September 1942 until the liberation in 1944, and a scene with the ‘Righteous Among the Nations’ medal for Nelly — recommended by Sally Frankenthal to Yad Vashem in the 1990s.
The film also features the original briefcase used by Nelly to secretly buy the daily food for all from multiple grocery stores.

Recorded April 11, 2025, in Guesthouse Marie-Thérèse – across the street of that historical site — on our way to the installation ceremony of the Sally Frankenthal Stolperstein, a stumbling stone to recall passers-by to the story of Sally & Nelly.

FR (French – Français)

Renée Cassin, filleule de Nelly Quintart, montre à Michel van der Burg le diorama miniature qu’elle a réalisé dans une vitrine, avec des scènes de la résistante belge Nelly Quintart cachant la famille juive Frankenthal (Esther, Adolphe et leur fille Sally) chez elle, 13 rue Marie-Thérèse à Bruxelles, de septembre 1942 jusqu’à la Libération en 1944, et une scène avec la médaille des « Justes parmi les Nations » pour Nelly, recommandée par Sally Frankenthal à Yad Vashem dans les années 1990.
Le film présente également la mallette originale utilisée par Nelly pour acheter secrètement la nourriture quotidienne de tous dans plusieurs épiceries.

Enregistré le 11 avril 2025, à la ‘Guesthouse Marie-Thérèse’, en face de ce site historique, en route vers la cérémonie d’installation le Stolperstein ​​Sally Frankenthal, la pierre d’achoppement pour rappeler aux passants l’histoire de Sally & Nelly.

Background:

Story of Righteous Nelly • Quintart aka Quintard | 20230526 | Renée Cassin & Michel van der Burg | Settela•Com | ISSN 2949-9313 | URL https://settela.com/2023/05/26/story-of-righteous-nelly-quintart-aka-quintard/

Sally • 20250411 | Settela•Com | ISSN 2949-9313 | URL https://settela.com/2025/04/11/sally-20250411/

Citation info : Diorama • Sally & Nelly Story #1 • Renée Cassin & Michel van der Burg • Miracles•Media • 20250427 • TakeNode c0fc7cf1-fed9-4e47-94a4-16c6c2a0c3e3

Auschwitz Survivors In Brussels • 20250418


Short impression (some clips) of my visit on Friday evening, April 11, 2025, to the Atelier Marcel Hastir in Brussels, at the start and closing of ‘Auschwitz, our story’— documentary and lecture by Herman Teerhöfer, with the participation of Natalia and Julia Kotarba of the Karski Quartet.
Herman Teerhöfer of the Smolinski Foundation interviewed 91 Auschwitz survivors over the past fourteen years. Through his documentary Auschwitz, Our Story, he explains how they managed to survive Auschwitz spiritually, oscillating between hope and fear.

Notes

Atelier Marcel Hastir • Auschwitz, ons verhaal : documentaire en lezing (Auschwitz, notre histoire: documentaire et conférence (en anglais ) par Herman Teerhöfer , avec la participation de Natalia et Iulia Kotarba du Quatuor Karski (violon et violoncelle) • URL https://ateliermarcelhastir.eu/agenda/2025-04-11-auschwitz-ons-verhaal-smolinskifoundation/

Trailer (dutch) film Auschwitz. Ons verhaal. URL https://smolinski.nl/wp/blog/2021/10/22/trailer-van-de-film-auschwitz-dit-is-ons-verhaal/

Smolinski Foundation • URL https://smolinski.nl/

Karski Quartet • https://karskiquartet.com

Citation info : Auschwitz Survivors In Brussels • Michel van der Burg • Miracles•Media • @1MEMO 20250418 • TakeNode 9eeb9646-f769-41d6-9b97-ccf27bf5c7a5

Strange Fruit | 20240706

Kuttekoven track to Auschwitz… Right after the site where Simon Gronowski escaped from the 20th convoy, ‘Transport XX’, the railway bed of this former so-called ‘Fruitspoor’ (Fruit Track) crosses the village of Kuttekoven, with – on the horizon – the Church of Saint John the Baptiser , currently with the expo ‘Witzwart’ (Whiteblack) – aka Land(es)capes from the 20th Convoy – by the local photographer Jo Struyven.
Filmed Sunday early afternoon, January 26th, 2014, while scouting the place for a reportage with Simon Gronowski later that day.

Watch film at Miracles•Media or Miracles•Media’s Substack … https://substack.com/@michelvanderburg/note/c-61114479

Citation info : Strange Fruit | Miracles•Media | 20240706 | TakeNode d929ede7-817f-476d-854c-4c358012ec82

Brussels Balloon Parade 2009 | 20240302

The 1st Brussels Balloon’s Day Parade and opening of the BRUSSELS 2009 BD COMICS STRIP year. The giant balloons representing Brussels folklore, Belgian comic strip (Bande dessinée) with Manneken Pis here in front in the city of Brussels , Belgium , February 28, 2009. Camera Sony DSC-T500 , Super HAD CCD 1/2.3″ .

Notes

Drummer Boy | 20160115 | @1MEMO | Miracles•Media | URL https://1-memo.com/2016/01/15

1st Brussels Balloon’s Day Parade | 20180228 | @1MEMO | Miracles•Media | URL https://1-memo.com/2018/02/28

Gilles – Brussels Balloon’s Parade | 20160209 | @1MEMO | Miracles•Media | URL https://1-memo.com/2016/02/09

Citation info : Brussels Balloon Parade 2009 | 20240302 @1MEMO | Miracles•Media | TakeNode c1992985-e632-410c-a377-4cb9f1834639 | URL 1-memo.com/2024/03/02

CitySkip Featured Video | 20240229

CitySkip Featured Video – April 20, 2009 | Short film TRANSPORT XX — installation Brussels | 20240229_1 | Miracles•Media | TakeNode deab5515-d0de-453d-9c8d-f4074a39d03b

April 20th, 2009 , TRANSPORT XX — installation Brussels was featured as the most popular video at CitySkip.
CitySkip was one of the Web 2.0 communities – a network about all aspects of urban life, from city planning to street art, a forum for “cool people who dig cities” for posting messages, sharing photos and videos – at Ning.com in addition to the mainstream social networks MySpace, Facebook, YouTube. It existed from 2007 untill February 2010.

CitySkip Featured Photo – April 20, 2009 | Storyboard film TRANSPORT XX — installation Brussels | 20240229_2 | Miracles•Media | TakeNode 0af46f73-5df8-4aaf-812a-355553775dd3

Notes

CitySkip at Ning.com – Wayback Machine capture April 22, 2009 | URL https://web.archive.org/web/20090422090336/http://cityskip.ning.com/

Building cities in the virtual world. By Chris Steins and Josh Stephens. In : Planning April 2008 (American Planning Association). Source : https://www.joshrstephens.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Planning-Mag-Web-2.0-Stephens.pdf

Citation info : CitySkip Featured Video | 20240229 @1MEMO | Miracles•Media | TakeNode | URL michelvanderburg.com/2024/02/29