① memo 20160526 ~ Opera Baby Duet ~ Little Marianna in her baby stroller grabs all the attention when she sings in duet with her father Eduard Pazhik to a crowd at the town square in Cracow (Poland) that Saturday at 2 PM – today 4 years ago – May 26, 2012.
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Slave Rebellion
① memo 20160525 ~ Slave Rebellion ~ Here at the former dutch plantation Kenepa (Knip) on the Caribbean island Curaçao began the great slave rebellion guided by “captain” Tula on August 17, 1795 – he liberated all those who were locked up here. Here a link for the trailer of the 2013 film “Tula The Revolt” – Plantation Kenepa house , Curaçao (Netherlands), May 2006
KRAKÓW – OŚWIĘCIM
① memo 20160524 ~ KRAKÓW – OŚWIĘCIM ~ Train from Kraków Główny to Oświęcim visiting the Auschwitz-Birkenau camps – together with Simon Gronowski , Koenraad Tinel , and Marianne Soetewey’s Belgian TV (VRT) film crew – May 24, 2012
Fish
① memo 20160523 ~ Fish ~ Dive 10 years ago – with buddy Chantal Bourret (divemaster of Ocean Encounters) feeding the fish – at the Tugboat site in Caracas Bay , Caribbean Sea, Curaçao (Netherlands), May 2006
Rebozo
① memo 20160522 ~ Rebozo ~ Filmmaker , scholar, Itandehui Jansen discussing her documentary film “El Rebozo de mi Madre” at the Leiden University , Holland , Spring 2009
More info :
Lista Calista Films
Link 2005 Dutch interview
Holland America Line
① memo 20160521 ~ Holland America Line ~ ms Rotterdam cruising from Rotterdam , Holland , May 2009
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.
