Rebel Max’s Russian Medals

① memo 20160520 ~ Rebel Max’s Russian Medals ~ Partisan for life , rebel, journalist .. and more .. Max De Vries (1914-2014 , Wellen , Limburg , Belgium) about his medals … at the book presentation Last Witnesses ( De Laatste Getuigen – vzw ‘De werkgroep 10 december 2008’ ) in Tongeren , Belgium , May 20, 2011.

Yes !
They are all mine , yes …
… these are all Russian medals.
[ Can you tell me what they stand for ? ]
The cooperation of escaped Russian prisoners of war – from the coal mines in Limburg ..
… who had joined the Belgian partisan army during the war.
And the Russians – first from the Soviet Union , and now the Russians of today …
who consider me as a veteran of the Red Army.

Palette Atelier Marcel Hastir | 20140830

Palette Atelier Marcel Hastir | 20140830 | 1-memo.com | Aug 30, 2014. For future screenings the documentary “Transport XX to Auschwitz” is now included (as of August 2014) in the media collections of both the Atelier Marcel Hastir (Rue du Commerce 51, Brussels, Belgium – ateliermarcelhastir.eu – as well as the Fondation Robert Maistriau (Robert Maistriau Foundation – Belgium and Congo – http://sites.google.com/site/fondationrobertmaistriau/robert-maistriau ) .
The Atelier was a nest of resistance, were the attack was planned by two of the three young Brussels’ heroes Youra Livschitz , Robert Maistriau, and Jean Franklemon, who liberated 17 people during their attack on the cattle car train ‘Transport XX’ , the night of April 19th 1943 – crammed with 1631 Jewish passengers, heading for Auschwitz – over 200 others jumped and escaped that night in Belgium too.
Still from video reportage of Simon Gronowski’s presentation the night of April 19, 2013 at the Atelier — 70 years after the attack on the Transport XX deportation train on April 19, 1943. | TakeNode ID 10cb1857-4045-4693-aa0a-aa2416fb712a

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Roman Vishniac Re-discovered | 20140823

Roman Vishniac Re-discovered | 20140823 | 1-memo.com | Image taken yesterday at the exhibition of Roman Vishniac’s photos at Amsterdam Jewish Historical Museum, 2014. Tomorrow (Aug 24th) is the last day of this exhibition “Roman Vishniac (re)discovered”
In that large picture his daughter Mara poses in front of an election poster in Berlin , 1933 . | TakeNode ID f3281589-fde9-4bd2-a15d-1156ece26eb2

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