Into the Woods

① memo 20180424 ~ Into the Woods ~ 75 years later at the site of the attack on the deportation train ‘Transport XX’ – a cattle car train crammed with 1631 Jewish passengers, heading for Auschwitz.
Here in the woods near Haacht 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 was filmed (Sony Alpha A7 III with Sennheiser MKE 440) ca 50 meters from the rails into the woods , last Sunday April 22, 2018, Boortmeerbeek , Belgium
Note , last sunday another video called ‘Mood’ showed the attack site at the rail.

The story is told in the documentary film “Transport XX to Auschwitz” – https://michelvanderburg.com/2013/04/19/transport-xx-to-auschwitz/

Fluffy Flowers

① memo 20180418 ~ Fluffy Flowers ~ Polder flowers at sunset last night in the Green Heart of Holland

Fallen Blossoms

① memo 20180416 ~ Fallen Blossoms ~ Time of fallen blossoms around Alphen, Holland

Blossoming Tree Trunk

① memo 20180415 ~ Blossoming Tree Trunk ~ Around Alphen, Holland

Spring Signal

① memo 20180323 ~ Spring Signal ~ The first dandelions of the season three days ago … an ebullient sign that spring has sprung in the Green Heart of Holland

Good Night

① memo 20171025 ~ Good Night ~ Flowers last night , from the ASF België / Belgique (Belgian ASF association of Action Reconciliation Service for Peace) and the Atelier , for both the Piano trio Vincent Tohier, Daniela Giovanna Becerra Pérez, and Elisabeth Sturtewagen , and for Koenraad Tinel & Simon Gronowski after the interview by Walter Pauli at the Atelier Marcel Hastir in Brussels , Belgium

FLOWERING GRASS Pinhole

① memo 20170806 ~ FLOWERING GRASS Pinhole ~ Pinhole film of grass in the summer of 2013 , Around Alphen , Holland.
Pinhole camera : SLR Magic ‘Toy’ Pin Hole cap – f/128 aperture, 12mm focal length (24mm-equivalent), 84° angle view – mounted on a Olympus Micro Four Third camera (E-PM1).