Street art mural created by HYER , depicting the story of Simon Gronowski, unveiled today in the presence of Simon Gronowski in the Garden of Remembrance, the school garden of the S2J School Center in Liège, Belgium, Saturday, May 17, 2025 • #mural #Simon #Gronowski #HYER #school #Liège #S2J #street #art #fresco
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Simon’s escape route from Transport XX …
Watch at Miracles•Media – https://miracles.media/2024/07/16/cuttecoven-miracles-moment-3-20240716/
Berlingen, Belgium. May 20, 2011.
After running through the woods all night, after his escape from Transport XX, the 11-year-old Simon Gronowski went to this house – a simple house, he trusted – at early dawn on Tuesday April 20th 1943. At the time, the number 14 in the Langstraat street [now renumbered 42] in Berlingen, Belgium.
Mrs Reynders answered the door when Simon rang the bell, and was the first to help Simon to get back to Brussels.
Photo (edited) by Michel van der Burg, taken close to midnight on May 20, 2011.
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Newspaper image Jan 28, 2014 | André Rouvrois | Het Belang van Limburg | URL https://www.hbvl.be/cnt/eid201382# | Miracles•Media | 20240707_01
Miracles Making… behind the scenes : Kuttekoven (Borgloon, Belgium), Jan 26, 2014. Filming Simon Gronowski’s talk in Clee Castle, and afterwards interviewing Mrs. Mia Valkeneers who recounted her childhood experience with the escapes from Transport XX in Kuttekoven.
Filming Simon Gronowski’s talk in Clee Castle, Kuttekoven, Jan 26, 2014 | Miracles•Media | 20240707_02 | TakeNode 2ecf8775-017b-4ea4-a019-a7b47aaf1a8a
Then, with a select company of some 10 residents of Kuttekoven, we went to the former train track, and while it started to rain — and one of the women bravely assisted me by holding my umbrella while I was recording on video – Simon spoke about his escape at that very spot at the track – the spot we had discovered two years earlier, Jan. 2012.
Still film Simon Gronowski’s talk in Clee Castle, Kuttekoven, Jan 26, 2014 | Miracles•Media | 20240707_03 | TakeNode b72f0ee1-0524-408a-9852-d06c2d4e090f
Later, that night while driving home (a ca 2 hour drive to Holland) – I was no longer thinking about perhaps paying Max De Vries a visit – the former resistance fighter, who had become 100 y old that month. But, by serendipity, when I crossed the town, Wellen, were Max lived, I briefly noticed , through the pouring rain, the road sign were Max lived, and in a reflex turned into that street, stopped somewhere – it was raining too hard for me to be able to look up Max’s house number in my papers – so I just rang a bell of one of the houses, and this turned out to be a neighbour, living 2 houses away from Max’s place. For 15 minutes (I really needed to continue that difficult ca 2 hours rainy night drive home) I was in the cosy kitchen talking with Max at the kitchn table and his wife Nicole, and congratulated him being 100 (no images made). Max passed away October 2014.
Citation info : Kuttekoven 2014 | Miracles Making | Miracles•Media | 20240707
Kuttekoven (Borgloon), Belgium. Sunday, January 26th, 2014. At nightfall, Simon Gronowski recounts to people of Kuttekoven, his daring escape – helped by his mother Chana Kaplan that rainy night of April 19, 1943 – from the 20th deportation train to Auschwitz, at this very spot on the railway track bed (of the so-called ‘Fruitspoor’) where it enters the village of Kuttekoven.
Watch film at Miracles•Media – link
https://miracles.media/2024/07/05/escape-miracles-docs-4-20240705/
NL (dutch) – Podcast Première 1MEMO – Nederlandse editie. Introductie van het podcasting op 1MEMO. Publicatie op 1memo•substack•com is inclusief video. Gisteren (20240213) werd de Engelse editie (NL) geplaatst.
Ciao ,
Welkom, bij deze eerste internationale podcast van 1MEMO.
Mijn naam is Michel van der Burg.
Vandaag is het woensdag 14 februari 2024. Valentijnsdag.
Ik wandel in het Groene Hart van Nederland…terwijl ik deze eerste 1 memo podcast maak in het Nederlands.
Tja … wat is zo’n 1-memo ?
In ‘t kort : gewoon ‘iets’…
wat ik dagelijks publiceer .
Een foto, film – kort, lang – tekst, audio…
Niet persé dagelijks, dacht ik aanvankelijk…
toen ik daar aan begon.
Maar ik doe ik dit nu eigenlijk dagelijks , al bijna 10 jaar…
Gestart in juni 2014 met publiceren in het Engels….
voor een internationaal publiek, hopelijk…
De focus is altijd op visueel werk, meest film.
Nu ik graag podcasting toevoeg,
realiseer ik me plots
dat het grootste deel van mijn materiaal
in het Nederlands is – mijn moedertaal.
In filmwerk wordt dat zonodig vertaald, dus dat is geen probleem.
Maar een internationale podcast is anders…
Het podcasten hier zal in het Nederlands, Engels en Frans zijn.
Gisteren de première van de Engelse editie van deze post – en nu dan de Nederlandse première.
Ik zal de taal in de titels aangeven.
Tenslotte … waarom deze ① memo’s ?
Tja, voor een antwoord citeer ik hier graag de Nederlandse schrijfster Marja Pinckaers – uit haar boek 16 versie 61 :
‘Elke dag maak ik wat.
Dan is er ‘s avonds iets op de wereld
wat er ‘s ochtends niet was.Of mischien toch,
maar moest ik het nog zoeken
en vond ik het •’
Bedankt voor het luisteren.
Ciao…
Start Dailies | 20140626 | 1-memo•com
16 versie 61. Marja Pinckaers . Publ. Aspekt. ISBN 9789461535740 .
Citaat : ” Elke dag maak ik wat. Dan is er ‘s avonds iets op de wereld wat er ‘s ochtends niet was. Of mischien toch, maar moest ik het nog zoeken en vond ik het. Uit.” — Gemma Edelsteen | Marja Pinckaers
Quote | 20221103 | 1-memo•com | URL https://1-memo.com/2022/11/03/quote-20221103/
Muziek :
What a Wonderful World. Simon Gronowski (piano) & TINT theater acteurs en publiek (zang) in het Brusselse Atelier Marcel Hastir , 2020. Audio van film : Wonderful World of Simon Gronowski | 20220804 | Michel van der Burg | Miracles•Media | URL https://1-memo.com/2022/08/04/wonderful-world-of-simon-gronowski-20220804/
Het Crescendo koor (dirigent : Urbain Van Asch) zingt Bella Ciao tijdens de 2016 Transport XX herdenking in Boortmeerbeek , Belgium. Audio van film : Bella Ciao … Transport XX | 20160417 | Michel van der Burg | Miracles•Media | URL https://1-memo.com/2016/04/17/bella-ciao-transport-xx/
Stem : Michel van der Burg. @1memo
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Podcast Premiere 1MEMO. Introduction on podcasting at 1MEMO. English edition. Published including video playing at 1memo•substack•com . Tomorrow , hopefully , the Dutch edition (NL) follows.
Ciao ,
Welcome , at this 1st international podcast ,
at 1MEMO.
My name is Michel van der Burg.
Today it’s Tuesday , Feb. 13, 2024 .
I am walking in the Green Heart of Holland…while making this first 1 memo podcast.
Well , what is a 1 memo ?
In short — It’s just a thing…I publish daily.
A photo, film, text, audio …
Not necessarily daily …
But I have been doing this daily , actually , for almost 10 years…now…
Started June 2014.
Publishing in english ….
for an international public , hopefully…
The focus is on visual work, mostly film.
Now that I like to add podcasting,
I suddenly realize , that most of my footage is in Dutch – my native language. In film work , that is translated , so , no problem.
However an international podcast is different .
Podcasting here will be in dutch, english, french .
Here first the english edition – tomorrow the dutch edition.
I will indicate the language in the titles.
So why these ① memo’s ?
Well , for an answer , I like to quote here the dutch author Marja Pinckaers ,
(my translation) :
Every day I make something.
Then in the evening
there’s something in the world
that wasn’t there in the morning.Or maybe it was there,
but I still had to look for it
and I found it •
Thank you for listening ,
…ciao
Start Dailies | 20140626 | 1-memo•com
16 versie 61. Marja Pinckaers . Publ. Aspekt. ISBN 9789461535740 .
Quote : ” Elke dag maak ik wat. Dan is er ‘s avonds iets op de wereld wat er ‘s ochtends niet was. Of mischien toch, maar moest ik het nog zoeken en vond ik het. Uit.” — Gemma Edelsteen | Marja Pinckaers
Quote | 20221103 | 1-memo•com | URL https://1-memo.com/2022/11/03/quote-20221103/
Music :
What a Wonderful World. Simon Gronowski (piano) & TINT theater actors and audience (singing) in Brussels’ Atelier Marcel Hastir , 2020. Audio from film : Wonderful World of Simon Gronowski | 20220804 | Michel van der Burg | Miracles•Media | https://1-memo.com/2022/08/04/wonderful-world-of-simon-gronowski-20220804/
The Crescendo choir (conductor : Urbain Van Asch) sings Bella Ciao during the 2016 Transport XX commemoration in Boortmeerbeek , Belgium. Audio from film : Bella Ciao … Transport XX | 20160417 | Michel van der Burg | Miracles•Media | URL https://1-memo.com/2016/04/17/bella-ciao-transport-xx/
Voice : Michel van der Burg. @1memo
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