Etiket: commemoration
Charged commemoration of Kristallnacht in the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam
Exactly 85 years ago on Thursday, thousands of synagogues, Jewish homes, shops and schools were destroyed and set on fire in Germany. During this night, which went down as Kristallnacht,…
Commemoration of victims of Hamas terror at the Brandenburg Gate
Commemoration at Pariser Platz Photo: Olaf Wagner From BZ/dpa A month after Hamas’ terrorist attack on Israel, several hundred people commemorated the victims at Pariser Platz on Tuesday evening, according…
Special commemoration at Lancaster monument Anreep: fly-by with old Royal Air Force aircraft
Seven British crew members of the Royal Air Force were shot out of the sky near Anreep on October 20, 1943. The annual commemoration for this is slightly different this…
Prime Minister Rutte, Minister Bruins Slot and State Secretary Van Ooijen at the Sobibór commemoration | News item
News item | 10-10-2023 | 10:23 Prime Minister Rutte will be present on Thursday, October 12, 2023, together with Minister Bruins Slot (Foreign Affairs) and State Secretary Van Ooijen (Public…
Disaster from 1920 takes center stage at sailors’ commemoration in West Terschelling
Captain Age Dekker and sailor Jan Haan will take center stage at the sailors’ commemoration in West Terschelling on Saturday afternoon. Every year Terschellings who remained at sea are commemorated,…
The commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Allende’s overthrow intensifies the historic divisions in Chile
“Never again, never again.” The cry accompanied the emphasis given by the Chilean president Gabriel Boric to that same desire not to repeat the aftermath of death and pain of…
Critically acclaimed work by this Zwolle artist conquers the US at the commemoration of 9/11 | Audio
The work Freedom New York by the Zwolle artist Frank Dammers has been given a special and prominent role in the commemoration of the attacks on the Twin Towers in…
INTERVIEW. “Some things I haven’t even told my wife: they are uncountable”: Thierry Coppieters (96) is at the forefront of every war commemoration | Interior
In Belgium, in Canada or this weekend in the United Kingdom: when a World War is commemorated somewhere, there is a good chance that Squire Thierry Coppieters ‘t Wallant will…
Keti Koti Marks Beginning of Slavery Commemoration Year, King Probably Apologizes
It is 1 July 2023 exactly 150 years ago that slavery was abolished in Suriname and the Caribbean part of the Kingdom. It actually came to an end on July…
State Secretary Aukje de Vries (Supplements) and Mayor Koen Schuiling at the first Keti Koti commemoration in Groningen
State Secretary Aukje de Vries (Executions), Mayor Koen Schuiling and King’s Commissioner René Paas, among others, will attend the first Groningen Keti Koti commemoration on Friday 30 June. This confirms…