① memo 20171101 ~ Graffiti in Tiger Bunkers ~ Writings and drawing on the walls inside bunkers of the former Luftwaffe Radar site “TIGER Stellung” (http://bunkersterschelling.nl ) , filmed a month ago ( voice volunteer guide Peter de Jong ) on the Wadden Isle Terschelling , Netherlands
① memo 20171031 ~ Skoda ~ Beachcomber Hille van Dieren together with other local volunteer “war-archeologists” ‘exhumed’ this wreckage of a 1936 Skoda car at the former Luftwaffe Radar site “TIGER Stellung” on the Wadden Isle Terschelling. This Skoda 420P cabriolet was owned by the Frisean Roelof Beetsma , when in 1943-’44, the Germans requisitioned his car for use by the Luftwaffe personnel and staff of the ‘TIGER Stellung’. Filmed last month – with volunteer guide Peter de Jong telling this story in dutch – in one of the bunkers of the Tiger Bunkermuseum Terschelling ( http://bunkersterschelling.nl ) , Netherlands.
① memo 20171030 ~ Bunker Leader ~ Leader room ( Führer raum ) in one of the bunkers — G23 Type St.-L410A Anti-Aircraft Bunker — of the former Luftwaffe Radar site “TIGER Stellung” on the Wadden Isle Terschelling – filmed last month. They were built by the German occupier during World War Two and were part of the German defence line against allied Bombers on their way to bomb Germany. This bunker (Typ L/410A ) and a few other ‘museum bunkers’ – of the over 100 bunkers in total – of the Tiger Stelling on this island are being restored and made accessible to the public by the volunteers of the Bunkermuseum Terschelling , Netherlands
① memo 20171027 ~ Coming Soon … The Robert Clary Story ~
A truly inspiring film about a Hollywood legend FROM BUCHENWALD TO HOLLYWOOD , THE ROBERT CLARY STORY
A film by Karen and Richard Bloom and Michel van der Burg
Richard Bloom Productions is producing a new documentary about legendary actor, Broadway star, singer, artist, author and Holocaust lecturer, Robert Clary.
Mr. Clary is widely known for his role as Corporal Lebeau on the long running TV series Hogan’s Heroes.
What is little known by the public is that Robert’s real last name is Widerman, and in 1942 at the age of 16, he and twelve members of his family were rounded up in Paris, France and deported by the Nazis to concentration camps. He was the only one to survive, having endured 31 months in four Nazi camps and a death march until his liberation from Buchenwald by the U.S. Army on April 11, 1945.
He was discovered singing in a Paris nightclub in 1947, signed to a recording contract and brought to the United States in 1949 where he met Merv Griffin, who introduced him to Eddie and Ida Cantor and their daughter, Natalie, who he would later marry.
His inspiring story will be shared with the world in From Buchenwald to Hollywood, The Robert Clary Story, which is currently in post-production.
① memo 20171026 ~ Mirror Atelier Marcel Hastir ~ Filming last Tuesday at the Atelier Marcel Hastir (here with sound recorded in this same room 4 years ago on the night of the 19th April 2013) , Brussels , Belgium
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
① memo 20170520 ~ The Last Witnesses ~ Closing ceremony at the presentation of the dutch book “De Laatste Getuigen” telling the stories of over 80 survivors ( ISBN 9789054877370 ) with a panel discussion with the survivors Staf Schaerlackens , Max De Vries , Elisabeth ‘Lieske’ Vossen , and Evrard Voorpijls , and presentations by Marc Van Roosbroeck (chairman of vzw “De werkgroep 10 december 2008”) , Gert De Nutte (publisher ASP) Rudi Beken , Herman Vandormael, and Patrick Dewael (mayor of Tongeren) on 20 May 2011 , Tongeren , Belgium
