The official commemoration ceremony is held every year at the National Monument to Slavery in Amsterdam's Oosterpark. National commemoration and celebration of the abolition of slavery on July 1st Keti Koti, …
Commemorate Day, National Remembrance Day and Liberation Day
Remembrance Day is on 4 May and Liberation Day is on 5 May. These are National days of celebration throughout the Netherlands. There is a wide variety of entertainment and events taking place to commemorate the liberation of The Netherlands during World War II which lasted from 1940 to 1945.
Stolperstein, or stumbling stones, are small brass plaques. The plaques lie embedded in the pavement. In front of buildings throughout Europe. Almost every plaque starts with "Lived Here" or "Worked …
Truus van Lier is closely involved with the Dutch resistance during the Second World War. Resistance is not only a men's work, many women take part in the resistance. Women …
This year, 2023, it is 78 years ago that the Netherlands was liberated and the horrors of the Second World War ended. Since the end of the 2WW, it is …
Every year on the 5th of May the National Committee 4 and 5 May organizes free Liberation Festivals. These free Liberation festivals are enormously popular. There are 14 Free Liberation …
.We were so impressed and moved by the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam. The museum is about the life of the Jewish family Frank during the war. Anne Frank wrote the …
On April 13, 1945, the concentration camp Westerbork was liberated by the Canadian Army. 70 years later we go to Westerbork. The village celebrates the end of the war. In …
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