donderdag 4 mei 2017

Remembrance Day

As many countries in the world we remember these days the victims of World War II. At Dam square in Amsterdam you can find this text between the cobblestones. It refers to a tragedy that took place here on May 7, 1945. Two days after the Capitulation discussion in Wageningen the liberation was already celebrated at Dam square when suddenly a shooting came from a balcony of a building where German soldiers had been hid. People had no way to hide at the square and 32 of them were killed and 100 wounded.

In 2016 32 name stones are placed between the cobblestones with the names of the victims.





The next day the Canadian liberation troops entered Amsterdam when the Germans finally had capitulated.


16 opmerkingen:

  1. It was such a horrible time in history.

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  2. Een mooie gedenkplek voor deze gruwelijke gebeurtenis.

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  3. How tragic for the families of this victims.

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  4. The day before the city was liberated, how very sad. I like the memorial though. Subtle and organic, a gentle reminder of the atrocities of war.

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  5. A nice memorial for such a horrible tragic event.

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  6. daar kan men slechts stil bij worden Marianne

    groeten

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  7. Tragedies such as this are extremely sad. Nice memorial.

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  8. I had never heard of this tragedy. A nice tribute.

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  9. Particularly hurtful example of what the Allies defeated TOGETHER! <3

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  10. Oh that is tragic Marianne. To survive the war only to be shot after it had finished, that is too horrible!

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  11. This scene from what I have learned was duplicated elsewhere; after capitulation, the loser still did not hesitate to kill and maime as a "going away" gesture. Dastardly!!

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  12. I loved this post, I wish I had known about this before we visited the square!

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