Saturday night fever June 22th when Woody Allen invites the Brussels Jazzman and holocaust survivor Simon Gronowski to play with Woody and his band in Brussels Bozar theater in front of some 2200 people … here Woody wathing Sim’s ‘solo’ – well…not really solo..with great help by the band ;)
Simon Gronowski was only 11 years old when he jumped from the XXth death train to Auschwitz were his mother and sister were murdered. After the war, an orphan, Jazz helped him find his way – watch his story in the documentary film “Transport XX to Auschwitz” – full film online here http://bit.ly/1fqFdOb
Another clip from Sim the Jazzman and Woody last week in ‘Simon & Woody’s Swing’ , here https://youtu.be/qGAs2YRxK-o
Simon Gronowski & Woody Allen & The Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band, Saturday night June 22, 2019 at the BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels , Belgium.
Many thanks to Woody Allen & The Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band | BOZAR | Greenhouse Talent.
Film Sim’s solo (20190629) Michel van der Burg | Miracles.Media
More soon…
Simon Gronowski & Woody Allen & The Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band, Saturday night June 22, 2019 at the BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels , Belgium. Film 20190623 Michel van der Burg | Miracles.Media
Viviane’s Story
Escape from Transport XX…Born 6 Months Later
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.
Wet morning while waiting a few hours in the library Muntpunt (a second visit) for documentary filming in the afternoon queen Mathilde with Simon Gronowski visiting the Push premiere March 14 at the La Monnaie Workshops in Brussels , Belgium ① memo 20190327 ~ Wet & Waiting in Brussels
FR – Le chanteur Didier Jans et Béatrice Dethy, auteur de ses chansons, ont présenté ensemble leur dernier album “Remettre à zéro les compteurs” à Simon Gronowski, après avoir été témoin du témoignage de Simon devant les élèves du Centre d’enseignement libre S2J, mardi 19 février 2019 à l’Institut Saint-Sépulcre , Liège, Belgique.
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).
LIBÉRÉS – Didier Jans – album Remettre à zéro les compteurs
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).
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.
Notes
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://1-memo.com/2019/02/20/espace-simon-gronowski/
