① memo 20160511 ~ Souvenir Simon ~ Richard Bloom writing for Simon Gronowski a souvenir on the flyer of our film documentary « Transport XX to Auschwitz » in Kazerne Dossin , Mechelen, Belgium – May 11, 2014.
I finally saw Karen and Richard Bloom in the flesh in Amsterdam , May 10, 2014 – after years of working together ‘in the cloud’ from opposite sides of the ocean on our film documentary « Transport XX to Auschwitz » . Next day, May 11, we drove together from Amsterdam to Mechelen , to meet up with Simon Gronowski and friends in the Kazerne Dossin in Mechelen , Belgium.
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Site Of Attack On Transport XX
Site of the attack on the deportation train ‘Transport XX’ – a cattle car train crammed with 1631 Jewish passengers, heading for Auschwitz.
Here in Boortmeerbeek , Belgium, the night of April 19, 1943, three young men from Brussels – Youra Livschitz, Robert Maistriau and Jean Franklemon – attacked and stopped this cattle car train, succeeded in opening one of the cars and liberate 17 people. Another more than 200 others could jump out also before the train reached the German border. Site filmed May 15, 2011.
Memory Track
Régine Krochmal and Francine Mayran at the 2011 commemoration of Transport XX in Boortmeerbeek (Belgium) – listening to the poem “Ce que j’ai encore à vous dire” by Serge Smulevic – read by his cousin Georges Rakier.
… Aujourd’hui
c’est la renaissance du racisme
c’est l’espérance du fascisme
Ils sont de retour, à nouveau Tous ces anciens fléaux !
Aujourd’hui
J’ai soixante-quinze ans
La colère me retourne les sangs …
Serge Smulevic (20 April 1996)
Transport XX – herdenking 2016
Transport XX herdenking 2016 – “Een radicale keuze…” – Update April 22
① memo 20160419 ~ Radical Choice … Transport XX” ~ 2016 commemoration , theme “A radical choice…” in Boortmeerbeek , Belgium , April 17, 2016 .
Video online 19 April 2016.
UPDATE video 22 April 2016.
Film : Michel van der Burg – michelvanderburg.com | 1-memo.com .
Himno De La Paz … Transport XX
The Crescendo choir (conductor : Urbain Van Asch) sings “El Himno De La Paz” (Peace Hymn)
during the Transport XX commemoration yesterday (April 17) in Boortmeerbeek , Belgium
① memo 20160418 ~ Film : Michel van der Burg – michelvanderburg.com | 1-memo.com
Bella Ciao … Transport XX
The Crescendo choir (conductor : Urbain Van Asch) sings Bella Ciao during today’s Transport XX commemoration in Boortmeerbeek , Belgium
① memo 20160417 ~ Film : Michel van der Burg – michelvanderburg.com | 1-memo.com
Transport XX to Auschwitz – new edition online
April 19, 2015. A new edition of our documentary “Transport XX to Auschwitz” is now publicly available online. This new – 2nd – edition with the YouTube title Transport XX to Auschwitz – current version has the latest statistics on the escapes and other updates available.
Full information on this documentary is posted here on this site.
Either watch this film on YouTube via this link (click image) :
Or watch the film here in this post below :
