Stage Crew • Frame 54511 • Miracles Dailies #1 • 1MEMO_20260917 • Miracles.Media • TakeNode 298a2009-8dad-43c2-ada6-3d14eccf9430 • Stagehands after the show of Woody Allen with Simon Gronowski and The Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band, 22 June 2019, BOZAR, Brussels, Belgium.
Proxy 9595 • Miracles Dailies #1 • Miracles.Media • 1MEMO_20260916 . Still number 9595 from proxy video edition of Miracles Dailies #1 , with Simon Gronowski at the piano together with Woody Allen & The Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band, 22 June 2019 in the Henry Le Boeuf Hall of the Centre for Fine Arts (BOZAR) in Brussels, Belgium.
Miracles project
For the Miracles project, I have so far—spanning from 2009 to the present—recorded video from approximately 150 ‘events’ and stored them in an equal number of ‘video libraries’.
Video Archive
The aim of the Miracles Dailies series is to create a single video for each of these libraries—compiling all the raw clips from every ‘take’—to establish a more accessible archive. This makes it easier to review the material and, if desired, share it for use in other productions.
Miracles Dailies #1
Today , with Miracles Dailies #1, the design and format have now been finalized, based on that video library I recently used to create the short film ‘Swing’ (1).
Editorial Proxy with Burn-In Timecode (BITC)
A ‘proxy’ video (a smaller copy) has been created from the high-quality Miracles Dailies #1 archive footage; this version features burned-in information, including a frame counter. Pictured above is a still from that proxy version of Miracles Dailies #1: frame number 9595.
Miracles Dailies • 1MEMO_20260914 • Michel van der Burg • Miracles.Media • Starting the series of Miracles Dailies , and dailies.news . TakeNode 0ba191a7-6442-44dd-933f-7c90e71380bd • @MiraclesDailies @dailiesnews
Sailing to Gaza Joeri Puissant tried to stop his son Isja (26) from sailing to Gaza. But Isja felt “obliged” to join — for his Palestinian friends and his distant relatives who were victims of the Holocaust. Source – Annebeau Hofkens | Belgian news De Standaard , May 21, 2026
NL – Joeri Puissant probeerde zijn zoon Isja (26) tegen te houden om mee naar Gaza te varen. Maar Isja voelde zich “verplicht” mee te doen: voor zijn Palestijnse vrienden en zijn verre familieleden die het slachtoffer werden van de Holocaust.
Relatives Resistance
Okselkinderen (Marie Meeusen) dutch poem dedicated to Willy Souritz (Transport VI) and Pauline Souritz Transport XX) — great-uncle and great-aunt murdered in Auschwitz
NL – Okselkinderen (Marie Meeusen) gedicht opgedragen aan Willy Souritz (Transport VI) en Pauline Souritz (Transport XX) — oudoom en oudtante , vermoord in Auschwitz.
Moments from a vibrant testimony and jazz by Simon Gronowski at the Saint-Sépulcre school in Liège, Belgium, 19 november 2013.
The Institut Saint-Sépulcre (now S2J School Center) hosted 3 sessions with Simon Gronowski that day for different age groups, including adults in the evening — and, in between, an intimate jazz moment was created in the surreal ambience of the school’s chapel.
Thanks to friends Philippe Renette (co-producer), Simon Gronowski, Koenraad Tinel (Photo Dieter Telemans featured in Die Welt , Saturday 16th Nov 2013 – Feinde wie wir, by Felix Stephan) and Patrick (assisting with sound), staff Marc Belleflamme and André Hérin, and teachers Christine Marchal, Ingrid Lothe, others, and the Saint-Sépulcre students. Special thanks to the students Hélène, Charline, Tristan, Kimberley, Elodie, Farah, Esther, Estelle, Laetitia, Catherine, Tracy, and Pauline for making possible the unique events that month in 2013 for this Miracles film project.
Filmed by Michel van der Burg at the Station Liège-Guillemins, and Institut Saint-Sépulcre , Liège, Belgium, 19 november 2013.
French talks with English subtitles in open captions (OC).
Miracles Docs #8 :
The first French edition was published in 2022 as Simon Stompin’ at the Saint Sépulcre | Miracles•Media | 20221119 | ISAN 0000-0007-329C-0008-C-0000-0001-0 .
The here presented, second, edition is titled ‘Saint Sepulcre Moments’ and has open captions (burned in) showing English subtitles.
Citation info : Saint Sepulcre Moments | Miracles Docs #8 | Miracles•Media | 20250918 | ISAN 0000-0007-329C-0008-C-0000-0000-1 | TakeNode 3cb541dc-0806-4a0e-bafb-7cbf4387f6ca
Tuesday , November 19, 2013, Simon Gronowski arrives at Station Liège-Guillemins on his way to give a series of testimonies all day at the Saint Sépulcre school in Liège, Belgium. When he gets off on the platform, and teacher Philippe Renette and I – while filming – welcome him, Simon surprises us, showing me last Saturday’s news in the German national daily newspaper Die Welt (The World) at the front page of the weekly supplement Die Literarische Welt (The Literary World).
Unlikely Friends • Feinde Wie Wir
In the article ‘Feinde wie wir’ (Enemies like us) in the German newspaper Die Welt of November 16, 2013 (1), cultural journalist Felix Stephan reports on his conversation in Berlin with Simon Gronowski and Koenraad Tinel, which took place after their presentation there at the 13th International Literature Festival Berlin (2) of their book (3,4) ‘Enfin libérés’ / ‘Eindelijk bevrijd’ (Finally liberated) — the story of their history as children of war and the special friendship since their first meeting a year earlier, in 2012 (5).
The lead of the story reads as follows (my translation):
A story of reconciliation: Belgians Simon Gronowski and Koenraad Tinel were children during World War II: one a Jew whose family was murdered, the other the son of a committed Nazi. Decades later, they discover how close their lives were and send an emphatic message to Europe.
French, German, with English subtitles.
Enemies like us • Miracles•Media • 20250915_1 • TakeNode d6238cf6-2521-42fe-9323-a90d521a94f6
2. Finally Free after 70 years. Simon Gronowski and Koenraad Tinel (Belgium). internationales literaturfestival berlin (13.ilb), Sep 7, 2013.
3. Ni victime, ni coupable, enfin libérés. French edition (2013) by Simon Gronowski, Koenraad Tinel, David Van Reybrouck. Renaissance du livres ISBN 978-2507051051
4. Eindelijk bevrijd – geen schuld, geen slachtoffer. Dutch edition (2013) by Simon Gronowski, Koenraad Tinel, David Van Reybrouck. Hannibal ISBN 978-9491376405 . Reissue (2021) 978-9464366204
6. Enemies like us • Miracles•Media • 20250915_1 • TakeNode | Still (frame 340) Simon Gronowski shows Die Literarische Welt at Station Liège-Guillemins, Nov 19, 2013 , with a portrait photo of Simon Gronowski and Koenraad Tinel by Belgian photographer Dieter Telemans – https://www.dietertelemans.com
Citation info : News | Miracles Moment #5 | Miracles•Media | 20250915 | ISAN 0000-0007-36B4-0005-4-0000-0000-P | TakeNode 49f6c290-d00e-4969-9fec-fa1163517991
Interview with Liège artist HYER during the unveiling of the mural he created, together with S2J students, a tribute to Simon Gronowski, in the Garden of Remembrance of the S2J School Center (Centre Scolaire S2J) in Liège, Belgium, on Saturday, May 17, 2025.
Citation info : HYER | Meet the Artist • Michel van der Burg • Miracles•Media • 20250526 • TakeNode e7622231-35d3-46ab-b684-cf06b22f7fb8
