The Legend of the 20th Mechelen-Auschwitz Convoy. History, Memory and Controversy around a Major Event of the Belgian Resistance ; La leyenda del 20º convoy Malinas-Auschwitz. Historia, memoria y controversia en torno a un importante acontecimiento de la Resistencia belga ; La légende du XXe convoi Malines-Auschwitz. Histoire, mémoire et polémique autour d’un haut fait de la Résistance en Belgique

In early 2021, Belgian journalist and writer Évelyne Guzy published The Curse of Words, a historical account of the two branches of her Jewish family, several of whose members were deported from Mechelen to Auschwitz during the Second World War. The third part, «The Resistance Fighter,» is devoted to the heroic figure and controversial personality of her maternal grandfather Roger-David Katz. The late discovery of documents to which she has access allows her to see that in the family mythology, certain things do not «fit», mainly about the possible participation of her hero in the episode of t... Mehr ...