Scene • 1MEMO_20260515 • Michel van der Burg • Miracles•Media • TakeNode 805a66ac-b428-4856-b551-aa2c89898fbb • Map data ©2026 Google, Airbus

Reconstruction of the scene when Transport XX, the 20th Convoy, stops for approximately 15 minutes in the early morning of April 20, 1943, around 1 a.m., at Korbeek-Lo station on Belgian railway line 36 near Leuven, between the villages of Korbeek-Lo and Bierbeek, with the St. Kamillus Institute on the Krijkelberg hill.

This transport, coming from Mechelen and bound for Auschwitz, carries Jewish prisoners in 35 cattle wagons.

This train DA.801 has an estimated length of 400 meters, so that when the locomotive is positioned before the bridge—the bridge over Bierbeek Street—the last wagon stands opposite the St. Kamillus Institute.

Notes

#L36 #Kamillus #railway #escape #Viviane #Isabella #Weinreb #Castegnier #Korbeek #Leuven #Kamillus #Krijkelberg #train #Belgium #deportation #TransportXX #holocaust #resistance #war #MiraclesMedia

Faces - https://michelvanderburg.com/tag/jmdr/

Documentary film “Transport XX to Auschwitz”
https://michelvanderburg.com/2013/04/19/transport-xx-to-auschwitz/

Miracles - https://miracles.media

Station Corbeek-Loo • 1MEMO_20260504 • Michel van der Burg • Miracles•Media • Route Transport XX, Korbeek-Lo, Belgium. TakeNode 50f42693-3f86-4573-ab7a-dc583d465e14

The location of 'Station Corbeek-Loo’ was added as a‘historic landmark' on Google Maps by me today - URL https://maps.app.goo.gl/e2FoDRFq1pnodLMN6
L36 • 1MEMO_20260511 • Michel van der Burg • Miracles•Media • Along Belgian railway line 36, Viviane is looking for the site her mother Isabella Weinreb-Castegnier escaped the 20th Convoy (Transport XX) 80 years earlier, and saved both their lives, en route together with photographer Jo Struyven , author Nathalie Strubbe, and documentary filmmaker Michel van der Burg, near St Kamillus on the Krijkelberg ridge, on the border of Korbeek-Lo (Bierbeek) Belgium, April 18th, 2023. TakeNode e92d1b1e-d513-4b12-afcf-364740530cfa


#L36 #Kamillus #railway #escape #Viviane #Isabella #Weinreb #Castegnier #Korbeek #Leuven #Kamillus #Krijkelberg #train #Belgium #deportation #TransportXX #holocaust #resistance #war #MiraclesMedia

Protest for Palestine

Martelarenplein, Leuven, vrijdag 15 mei om 17:00 CEST

78 years after the Nakba, the settler colonial entity continues the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people while the world watches the genocide on live stream.

Since October 7th, Israel has killed at least 72.500 Palestinians, injured more than 172.000 and starved more than 460.
At the same time, a law allowing the death penalty only for Palestinians was passed from the genocidal entity just a few weeks ago.
78 years later, Palestinians are still fighting daily for their right to exist on their land, while the rest of the world turns a blind eye.
Join us in a silent vigil for the commemoration of the thousands Palestinians martyred during the Nakba of 1948 and of the ones martyred ever since 🗝️

If possible, bring a pair of shoes to set up a symbolic display in memoriam of the martyrs of Palestine.

📍Martelarenplein

🕜 May 15th 5PM

No justice no peace 🔻

Palestine will be free 🇵🇸

[Leuvense Coalitie voor Palestina (source)]

https://acties.todon.nl/event/protest-for-palestine

UPDATE: Meetup canceled!

Tomorrow we're having another #Clojure meetup in #Leuven, #Belgium. Come hang out with some A+ nerds! Clojure experience optional.

https://mobilizon.fr/events/3c895612-3a13-4964-8f09-a537bb0ceb67

BeClojure May Meetup

May 6, 2026, 5:00:00 AM - GMT - Meetup for Clojure peeps, or anyone interested in (functional) programming, or just hanging out with fellow nerds. We meet every first Wednesday of the month at Malz in the Brusselsestraat in Leuven. N…

26 Apr 1567: William Allen leading #English Catholic exile publishes his defence of absolution & indulgences at #Leuven #otd (NPG/eebo)
European tour for 2026 #YawningMan or #YawningBalch 🤔will be playing at #JHSojo #Leuven #Belgium 13/6/26
Next show Pilod + Lightspeed + Nelson on April 30 in Leuven! #indierock #alternativerock #leuven #livemusic #band

Leuven, Belgium 🇧🇪

#leuven #belgium
📸 Explore Belgium

#travel #photography