Etiket: commemoration
Hong Kong stops Tian’anmen commemoration – ZDFtoday
The Chinese army had June 4, 1989 student protests in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square (Tian’anmen Square) bloody crushed. After weeks of peaceful protests demanding political change and measures against state corruption,…
Olympic Games 1972: families of victims of the attack in Munich are considering a commemoration boycott – more sport
The relatives of the eleven Israelis killed at the time are threatening to boycott the commemoration ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the Munich Olympics attack. “None of us will…
Prime Minister Rutte at Memorial Day commemoration in Margraten | news item
News item | 27-05-2022 | 10:47 Prime Minister Rutte will attend the annual Memorial Day commemoration on Sunday May 29, 2022. He will give a speech during the commemoration and…
Solemn commemoration of border closure 70 years ago
From BZ/dpa Barbed wire fences, surveillance of the border area, forced resettlement from the exclusion zone: contemporary witnesses and representatives from politics and society commemorated the closure of the inner-German…
Commemoration in Coevorden, at the place where some Dutch soldiers stopped a German force majeure for hours
At the already blown-up Goselink bridge near Coevorden, a handful of Dutch soldiers managed to hold up the German army for four hours on 10 May 1940. A monument has…
Victory Day in Russia: More War, Less Commemoration
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World War II commemoration in Berlin
There are numerous commemorative events and rallies on Sunday to mark the 77th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe. In Berlin, for example, several hundred participants…
Special commemoration for children in Enkhuizen: “We have learned a lot”
A few hours before the national commemoration, a special commemoration ceremony took place in Enkhuizen: a commemoration for and by children. The Enkhuizer 4 & 5 May committee organizes this…
Growing demand for ‘inclusive’ commemoration, but May 4th not changing anytime soon
Tonight, our country commemorates all Dutch war victims since the Second World War. But in recent years there has been an increasing call for a commemoration that also reflects the…