Today 76 years ago – on the night of the 19th of April in 1943 – Viviane escaped in the womb of her pregnant mother from the Twentieth Train heading for Auschwitz.
Isabella Weinreb-Castegnier was three-months pregnant when she jumped that night in Belgium from the fast moving 20th Death Train to Auschwitz. It was Passover eve and full moon , just like today.
Isabella escaped with a broken wrist and bruises all over her body, but no other major injuries.
Her daughter Viviane – meaning “full of life”, and named so for her will to live and hold tight in her mother’s womb – was born six months later on October 30, 1943 in Brussels, Belgium.
This e-booklet presents Viviane’s story with amazing new insights discovered together with the Dutch-Belgian author-reporter Simone Korkus of the man that helped Isabella jump to freedom – Elias Gnazik.
Published today April 19, 2019 by Miracles•Media together with co-publisher Richard Bloom Productions – ISBN 9789493147003
With a foreword by Simone Korkus.
Viviane Yarom-Castegnier & Michel van der Burg
April 19, 2019
Note
The e-book contains several video’s – and is designed specifically for Apple devices such as iPhone, iPad, Mac.
Available for download (200 MB zip file) here https://miracles.media/vivianesstory/
Watch the first pages flipping in this video today 😉
LIBÉRÉS – en hommage à l’amitié entre Simon Gronowski et Koenraad Tinel
L’album comprend la chanson LIBÉRÉS – réalisée en hommage à l’extraordinaire amitié entre Simon Gronowski et Koenraad Tinel – et inspirée du télé documentaire belge ‘Enfants de guerre’ (de la réalisatrice flamande Marianne Soetewey – VRT, 2012) et du livre ENFIN LIBÉRÉS (2013, Renaissance du Livre) que Simon et Koenraad ensemble fait sur leur amitié.
Didier et Béatrice ont présenté leur album à Koenraad Tinel il y a deux semaines (lien ci-dessous).
EN – Singer Didier Jans and Béatrice Dethy, author of his songs, together presented their latest album ‘Remettre à zéro les compteurs’ (Push The Reset Button) to Simon Gronowski , after witnessing Simon’s testimony for students of the S2J school center (Centre d’enseignement libre S2J) last tuesday Feb. 19 , 2019 in the Saint-Sépulcre Institute in Liège , Belgium.
LIBERATED – tribute to the friendship between Simon Gronowski and Koenraad Tinel
The album includes the chanson ‘Liberated’ (LIBÉRÉS)- made in tribute to the extraordinary friendship between Simon Gronowski and Koenraad Tinel – was inspired by the belgian tv documentary War Children (flemish director Marianne Soetewey- VRT, 2012) , and the book Liberated at Last (ENFIN LIBÉRÉS – 2013, Renaissance du Livre) that Simon and Koenraad together made on their friendship .
Didier and Béatrice presented Koenraad Tinel their album two weeks ago (link below).
① memo 20190224 ~ Album Didier Jans Presentation
Links :
Didier Jans
http://www.didierjans.com
Push The Reset Button – Album Didier Jans
(presentation to Koenraad Tinel)
https://michelvanderburg.com/2019/02/12/push-the-reset-button-album-didier-jans/
LIBERES chanson Liberated , Didier Jans
https://michelvanderburg.com/2018/11/20/liberes-chanson-didier-jans-2/
Finally liberated after 70 years
https://michelvanderburg.com/2013/03/13/finally-liberated-fr/
Liberated at Last – book presentation
https://michelvanderburg.com/2013/05/10/finally-liberatated-no-blame-no-victim-book-presentation-30-april-2013-in-brussels/mvdb20130430-165947_frames01/
French film, with English translation in CC
Inauguration of the ESPACE Simon GRONOWSKI on 19 Feb 2019 at the hanging gardens of the S2J School Center in Liège , Belgium, by S2J director Marc Belleflamme, with Simon Gronowski.
This first edition of the film reportage published the next day , 20 Feb 2019.
File : 1MEMO 20190220 ~ ESPACE Simon GRONOWSKI.m4v
Updates
20250831 – Added captions with transcription (French) and translation (English)
20250904 – Updated both the post text , captions files (both FR & EN) and reference info .
Files
20250904_20190220_SRT_French (Belgium).srt
20250904_20190220_SRT_English (United States).srt
Citation info : ESPACE Simon GRONOWSKI (Ed. 20190220) • Miracles Docs #7 | Michel van der Burg & Philippe Renette, S2J | Miracles•Media | 20190220 | ISAN 0000-0007-329C-0007-E-0000-0001-U | TakeNode 77f73042-9395-4647-8722-369614f03f8a | URL https://michelvanderburg.com/2019/02/20/espace-simon-gronowski/
Koenraad Tinel
The extraordinary live performance of Koenraad Tinel last Saturday in the play As Long As He Does Not Know Himself was a great opportunity to watch Koenraad’s live work , and after the show to meet Koenraad and get the chance to personally present him their new album.
Liberated – tribute to the friendship between Simon Gronowski and Koenraad Tinel
The album includes the chanson ‘Liberated’ (LIBERES) they made in tribute to the extraordinary friendship between Simon Gronowski and Koenraad Tinel – inspired by the belgian documentary War Children (director Marianne Soetewey- VRT, 2012) and the book Liberated at Last (2013 ) that Simon and Koenraad together made on their friendship .
① memo 20190212 ~ Push The Reset Button – Album Didier Jans
Links :
Didier Jans
http://www.didierjans.com
Koenraad Tinel
http://www.koenraadtinel.be
Handelsbeurs theater in Gent / Gand , Belgium
https://www.handelsbeurs.be/en
Live performance – As Long As He Does Not Know Himself (Zolang Hij Niet Zichzelve Kent) https://www.lod.be/en/productions/zolang-hij-niet-zichzelve-kent
LIBERES chanson Liberated , Didier Jans
https://michelvanderburg.com/2018/11/20/liberes-chanson-didier-jans-2/
Finally liberated after 70 years
https://michelvanderburg.com/2013/03/13/finally-liberated-fr/
Liberated at Last – book presentation
https://michelvanderburg.com/2013/05/10/finally-liberatated-no-blame-no-victim-book-presentation-30-april-2013-in-brussels/mvdb20130430-165947_frames01/
