Scene • 1MEMO_20260515

Scene • 1MEMO_20260515 • Michel van der Burg • Miracles•Media • TakeNode 805a66ac-b428-4856-b551-aa2c89898fbb • Map data ©2026 Google, Airbus

Reconstruction of the scene when Transport XX, the 20th Convoy, stops for approximately 15 minutes in the early morning of April 20, 1943, around 1 a.m., at Korbeek-Lo station on Belgian railway line 36 near Leuven, between the villages of Korbeek-Lo and Bierbeek, with the St. Kamillus Institute on the Krijkelberg hill.

This transport, coming from Mechelen and bound for Auschwitz, carries Jewish prisoners in 35 cattle wagons.

This train DA.801 has an estimated length of 400 meters, so that when the locomotive is positioned before the bridge—the bridge over Bierbeek Street—the last wagon stands opposite the St. Kamillus Institute.

Notes

#L36 #Kamillus #railway #escape #Viviane #Isabella #Weinreb #Castegnier #Korbeek #Leuven #Kamillus #Krijkelberg #train #Belgium #deportation #TransportXX #holocaust #resistance #war #MiraclesMedia

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Documentary film “Transport XX to Auschwitz”
https://michelvanderburg.com/2013/04/19/transport-xx-to-auschwitz/

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NL – Reconstructie van de scène waarin Transport XX, het 20e konvooi, in de vroege ochtend van 20 april 1943, rond 1 uur ‘s nachts, ongeveer 15 minuten stopt op station Korbeek-Lo aan de Belgische spoorlijn 36 vlakbij Leuven, tussen de dorpen Korbeek-Lo en Bierbeek, met het St. Kamillus-instituut op de Krijkelberg.
Dit transport komende van Mechelen , met bestemming Auschwitz , vervoert Joodse gevangenen in 35 veewagons.
Deze trein DA.801 heeft een geschatte lengte van 400 meter , zodat wanneer de locomotief zich voor de brug bevindt , de brug over de Bierbeekstraat, de laatste wagon tegenover het St Kamillus instituut staat.


Station Corbeek-Loo • 1MEMO_20260504 • Michel van der Burg • Miracles•Media • Route Transport XX, Korbeek-Lo, Belgium. TakeNode 50f42693-3f86-4573-ab7a-dc583d465e14

The location of ‘Station Corbeek-Loo’ was added as a‘historic landmark’ on Google Maps by me today – URL https://maps.app.goo.gl/e2FoDRFq1pnodLMN6

L36 • 1MEMO_20260511

L36 • 1MEMO_20260511 • Michel van der Burg • Miracles•Media • Along Belgian railway line 36, Viviane is looking for the site her mother Isabella Weinreb-Castegnier escaped the 20th Convoy (Transport XX) 80 years earlier, and saved both their lives, en route together with photographer Jo Struyven , author Nathalie Strubbe, and documentary filmmaker Michel van der Burg, near St Kamillus on the Krijkelberg ridge, on the border of Korbeek-Lo (Bierbeek) Belgium, April 18th, 2023. TakeNode e92d1b1e-d513-4b12-afcf-364740530cfa

#L36 #Kamillus #railway #escape #Viviane #Isabella #Weinreb #Castegnier #Korbeek #Leuven #Kamillus #Krijkelberg #train #Belgium #deportation #TransportXX #holocaust #resistance #war #MiraclesMedia

Resistance Chapel • 1MEMO_20260510

Resistance Chapel • 1MEMO_20260510 • Michel van der Burg • Miracles•Media • Resistance Chapel, at Roosbeek railway crossing, while Viviane is looking for the site her mother escaped the 20th convoy and saved both their lives, together with photographer Jo Struyven , author Nathalie Strubbe, and documentary filmmaker Michel van der Burg, in Roosbeek (Boutersem) Belgium, April 18th, 2023. TakeNode 1708dc1d-0fcc-4293-8a69-a04ea2a5cf39

Notes

Weerstandskapel Roosbeek
PDF ‘Weerstandskapel_Roosbeek’ via link reads ‘donderdag 22 april 1943’ , this should be ‘dinsdag 20 april 1943’ . URL https://archeoregio.be/Weerstandskapel/ . (retrieved May 10, 2026)

#chapel #weerstandskapel #railway #escape #Viviane #Isabella #Korbeek #Roosbeek #Kamillus #crossing #train #Belgium #deportation #TransportXX #holocaust #resistance #war #MiraclesMedia

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

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Kuttekoven Bridge Railway Line 23


Bridge in the village of Kuttekoven (Borgloon, Belgium) under the railway track bed of the historical Belgian Railway Line 23 – the so-called ‘Fruitspoor’ – the old railway line 23 between Tongeren and Drieslinter, that connected Tongeren, Borgloon and Sint-Truiden. Bridge under the deportation railway track from Kazerne Dossin to Auschwitz, right after the site where Simon Gronowski escaped from the 20th convoy. Filmed Jan 2014.
License info : Kuttekoven Bridge Railway Line 23 | 20230223 | Michel van der Burg | Miracles•Media | TakeNode de90531a-80d0-4416-8ba5-46361a379ca9

Mobilization Holland 1939

Mobilization Holland 1939 | Dutch cinema news August 1939. Just before Hitler invades Poland (Sep 1, 1939), the Dutch government can no longer ignore the danger of war, and pre-mobilization August 24, 1939 of Dutch military is followed by mobilization August 28. Source : Polygoon Hollands Nieuws (Aug 1939) | Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision ~ Film : Mobilization Holland 1939 | 20220307 | Michel van der Burg | Settela•Com

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