Viviane’s Story

Escape from Transport XX…Born 6 Months Later

Viviane Yarom-Castegnier & Michel van der Burg

Miracles.Media

With a Foreword by Simone Korkus
In cooperation with Richard Bloom Productions and Simone Korkus

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 (miracles.media) together with co-publisher Richard Bloom Productions.
With a foreword by Simone Korkus.

Viviane Yarom-Castegnier & Michel van der Burg
April 19, 2019

First published April 19, 2019 as eBook (ePub) by Miracles.Media as a free download at this site. This ebook — ISBN 9789493147003 — contains several video’s and is designed specifically for Apple devices such as iPhone, iPad, Mac – the file size of that first print is 200 MB.

Reprint 2022 — New eBooks : ePub & PDF editions

The 2nd print of this eBook (ePub) released November 11, 2022 , has a smaller file size of 60 MB — and the same ISBN 9789493147003.
As shown in the updated colophon of this 2nd print, in addition now a PDF print of the eBook is released with ISBN 9789493147010 .

As of today (November 11, 2022) you can download the 2nd print of eBook Viviane’s Story from this site (Miracles.Media) — both the ePUB (ISBN 978-94-93147-00-3) and PDF (ISBN 978-94-93147-01-0) editions.

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PDF eBook details

Title : Viviane’s Story / Escape from Transport XX…Born 6 Months Later

Authors : Viviane Yarom-Castegnier & Michel van der Burg

Collaborators : Richard Bloom, Simone Korkus (Foreword)

Publisher : Miracles.Media (Boskoop)

Genre : Non-Fiction

Released : November 11, 2022

Language : EN English

Logline : April 19, 1943 Viviane escaped in the womb of her three-months pregnant mother Isabella Weinreb, when she jumped in Belgium from the 20th Death Train to Auschwitz. Viviane was born six months later !

Length : 43 pages / 14 MB

Format : PDF/A (full access, no DRM, searchable PDF)

Version : Reprinted 1st edition (2nd impression, November 11-12*, 2022) as eBook (PDF) ISBN 9789493147010 . First published by Miracles.Media April 19, 2019. Note : the 1st PDF impression of April 19, 2019 was not ISBN registered, and distributed only in private.

Requirements : You can view this book on any device, best with a tablet or larger screen.

File name (Viviane’s Story.pdf was changed by WordPress at uploading) : vivianes-story-1.pdf*

TakeNode ID : 05a24305-20e9-4c3e-92ab-77a4afce582d

ePub eBook details

Title : Viviane’s Story / Escape from Transport XX…Born 6 Months Later

Authors : Viviane Yarom-Castegnier & Michel van der Burg

Collaborators : Richard Bloom, Simone Korkus (Foreword)

Publisher : Miracles.Media (Boskoop)

Genre : Non-Fiction

Released : November 11, 2022

Language : EN English

Logline : April 19, 1943 Viviane escaped in the womb of her three-months pregnant mother Isabella Weinreb, when she jumped in Belgium from the 20th Death Train to Auschwitz. Viviane was born six months later !

Length : 43 pages / 60 MB

Format : ePub (Epub3, full access, no DRM)

Version : Reprinted 1st edition (2nd impression, November 11, 2022) as eBook (ePub) ISBN 9789493147003 . First published by Miracles.Media April 19, 2019. Note : the 1st ePub impression of April 19, 2019 has a larger file size of 188 MB (less compression).

Requirements : You can view this book on Apple devices such as iPad, Mac, iPhone in the Books app.

File name : Viviane’s Story.epub
The epub file is packed in a zipped (compressed) folder with file name : 20221111_9789493147003.zip

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Notes

* November 24, 2022 , update PDF file.
The original PDF upload Nov 11, 2022 (PDF version 1.3 prepared Nov 11, 2022 – TakeNode ID f2efdd8f-5103-4bc6-91d4-ee52525ddb98 ) has been replaced November 24, 2022 by the PDF/A version 1.3 file prepared Nov 12, 2022 for the Dutch National Library. That PDF/A file was produced by opening the original Nov.11 PDF in the Mac app Preview , and saving the unmodified file (exporting) as PDF/A.

Comparing properties of both files in Adobe Acrobat Reader no differences were noted (pdf version 1.3 / fonts embedded /encoding), except that the Nov 12th file claims compliance with the PDF/A standard. File size obviously is slightly different.
Though both PDF version 1.3 files are expected to be identical / archival proof – offering one identical file both at Miracles.Media and the Dutch National Library is preferred. Therefore the Miracles.Media site now also offers the PDF/A file download.

If needed, you can check your download version via the TakeNode ID certificate link (showing online the Unique file ID) or comparing file size :
The original Nov 11, 2022 file (no longer offered for download now) – info data :
File name – Viviane’s Story.pdf – changed (for compatibility with upload/download) at Miracles.Media to : vivianes-story.pdf
File size : 13758558 bytes
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The current Nov 12, 2022 file (replacing now the Nov. 11 file at Miracles.Media) – info data :
File name – Viviane’s Story.pdf – changed (for compatibility with upload/download) at Miracles.Media to : vivianes-story-1.pdf
File size : 13729517 bytes
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