Michiel 2005's photos with the keyword: oorlogsmonument

This site was used by the Germans in the Second World War to shoot prisoners. After the war it became a remembrance site and every year on Remembrance Day (May 4 in the Netherlands) the dead are remembered. For years this was also broadcast on national television, without commentary and just with the sound of the large bell. No grandstanding, just ordinary people. In recent years national television shows the remembrance ceremony on the Dam in Amsterdam. Dignitaries such as the Queen, politicians and the military high-rank look solemn and lay wreaths. The organizing committee tries to put in something modern, to make the remembrance more "relevant". Last year they tried to commemorate the Dutch people who enlisted in the Waffen SS too, by means of a "poem" of a young man who great-uncle was a member of the Waffen SS. His parents named him after this great-uncle. It is not all doom and gloom: in 2010 a panic broke out in the crowd when somebody shouted "bomb". All the dignatories, including the Queen and Crown Prince, fled in great fear. Fleeing at a commemoration of people who didn't flee and weren't afraid. Wearing a fancy uniform doesn't make you brave.

This site was used by the Germans in the Second World War to shoot prisoners. After the war it became a remembrance site and every year on Remembrance Day (May 4 in the Netherlands) the dead are remembered. For years this was also broadcast on national television, without commentary and just with the sound of the large bell. No grandstanding, just ordinary people. In recent years national television shows the remembrance ceremony on the Dam in Amsterdam. Dignitaries such as the Queen, politicians and the military high-rank look solemn and lay wreaths. The organizing committee tries to put in something modern, to make the remembrance more "relevant". Last year they tried to commemorate the Dutch people who enlisted in the Waffen SS too, by means of a "poem" of a young man who great-uncle was a member of the Waffen SS. His parents named him after this great-uncle. It is not all doom and gloom: in 2010 a panic broke out in the crowd when somebody shouted "bomb". All the dignatories, including the Queen and Crown Prince, fled in great fear. Fleeing at a commemoration of people who didn't flee and weren't afraid. Wearing a fancy uniform doesn't make you brave.

The text on the monument is: "A la memoire de Ter nagedachtenis aan Charles Trepel 1908-1944 Roger Cabanela 1914-1944 Fernand Devillers 1916-1944 Rene Guy 1917-1944 Jean Hagnere 1916-1944 Jacquelin Riviere 1920-1944 Du 1e Bataillon de Fusiliers Marins Commando Français Debarques sur cette plage dans la nuit de 27 au 28 fevrier 1944 et tombes pour la liberté des Pays-Bas. Op dit strand geland in de nacht van 27 op 28 februari 1944 en gevallen voor de vrijheid van Nederland. Zij behoorden tot het Franse 1e Bataillon de Fusiliers Marins Commando." Six French commandos died on the beach in the night of February 27-28, 1944. They died for the freedom of the Netherlands. More info . The monument dates from 1985.