Remembrance Day

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Memorial lane at the Sobibor WWII German extermination camp memorial in Poland
CultureLifestyle
Community pays to replace Urk family's memorial stone at extermination camp Sobibor
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Cleaners cleaning red paint off the National Monument on Dam Square in Amsterdam after vandalism on Remembrance Day, 4 May 2026
Crime
National WWII monument in Amsterdam defaced just before Remembrance Day commemoration
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Several KLM aircraft at Schiphol Airport. 21 May 2021
PoliticsBusiness
KLM scraps 160 flights during key holiday amid soaring fuel prices, Middle East tension
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Amsterdam celebrate WWII liberation, 7 May 1945
Culture
Netherlands will honor fallen heroes with two-minute silence on National Remembrance Day
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Lighting a candle.
Culture
Some Dutch towns marked WWII remembrance early to observe Sunday rest
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Remembrance Day flowers on Dam Square in Amsterdam
Culture
Remembrance Day on Dam Square to be open to public again
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Remembrance Day flowers on Dam Square in Amsterdam
Politics
Dutch PM Schoof, Donald Tusk to speak on Remembrance Day & Liberation Day
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Packed suitcase
CultureLifestyle
Fewer holidays for 15% of Dutch households as prices continue dramatic rise this year
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Liberation Monument on the Stadhuisplein in Eindhoven.
PoliticsCultureEntertainment
Favorable weather expected for Liberation Day festivals
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King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima are handed a wreath to place at the National Monument on Dam Square during the Remembrance Day ceremony in Amsterdam. 4 May 2024
PoliticsCulture
Five arrests around mostly calm National Remembrance Day ceremony in Amsterdam
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Pages from the Erelijst van Gevallenen 1940-1945, the honor roll commemorating Dutch soldiers, officers, and resistance members killed during World War II. 4 May 2013
PoliticsCulture
More attention to safety during Remembrance Day ceremonies today
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Preparations get underway at Dam Square where the national Remembrance Day ceremony will be held. 3 May 2024
TechNature
Rain remains likely this weekend on both Remembrance Day and Liberation Day
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King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima at the National Commemoration on Amsterdam's Dam Square, Remembrance Day 2014
Politics
Amsterdam mayor a bit nervous about upcoming Remembrance Day ceremony
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Remembrance Day wreaths at the National Monument in Amsterdam, 4 May 2020
CultureLifestyle
Protest fears: Tickets required for national Remembrance Day ceremony in Amsterdam
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Interior of the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam
CrimePolitics
Open letter against anti-Semitism signed by 329 of 342 mayors of Dutch cities
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Mark Rutte and Volodymyr Zelenskyy visit a monument in Kharkiv dedicated to children killed during the war between Russia and Ukraine. 1 March 2024
Politics
More Netherlands residents worry about war
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Remembrance Day wreaths at the National Monument in Amsterdam, 4 May 2020
Politics
Respect the two minute of silence during Remembrance Day commemoration: Natnl. Committee
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Remembrance Day flowers on Dam Square in Amsterdam
Politics
Extra security around WWII Commemoration: Fewer people, no flags, and everyone searched
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Remembrance Day wreaths at the National Monument in Amsterdam, 4 May 2020
PoliticsCultureLifestyle
Municipalities extra alert to disruptions to WWII commemorations on Remembrance Day
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King Willem-Alexander, December 2022
PoliticsCulture
King Willem-Alexander will give speech on slavery commemoration, apology to be expected
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Monument voor de Gevallenen aan de Laan Hofrust in Rijswijk, Hofrust.
CrimeCulture
Two boys arrested for removing flowers from war memorial in Rijswijk
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Femke Halsema
Politics
Anti-Semitism increasing, Amsterdam mayor says on Remembrance Day
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo during a meeting at Catshuis in The Hague. 4 May 2023
Politics
Zelenskyy pushes the Netherlands to train Ukrainian pilots on F-16s in meeting with Rutte, De Croo
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Remembrance Day flowers on Dam Square in Amsterdam
PoliticsCulture
Netherlands to honor those who died during war on Remembrance Day today