{"id":3272,"date":"2015-05-07T12:17:46","date_gmt":"2015-05-07T12:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/?p=3272"},"modified":"2015-05-07T12:17:46","modified_gmt":"2015-05-07T12:17:46","slug":"remembrance-and-liberation-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/remembrance-and-liberation-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembrance and Liberation Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last Monday and Tuesday, the Netherlands celebrated two very important days. The first was on May 4th and is called\u00a0Dodenherdenking.<\/em>\u00a0It is a day in which all those who died in World War II are remembered. The flags around the Netherlands were at half stance and at 20:00 a minute of silence was observed. Over 200,000 Dutch died because of the war making the Netherlands one of the countries with the highest death toll (per capita) from those Western European countries invaded by Germany.<\/p>\n

On May 5th, the Dutch celebrated Liberation day or Bevrijdingsdag.<\/em> While the south of the Netherlands was liberated before May, the western area wasn’t liberated until May 5th, shortly before the German surrender. Before liberation, the Netherlands experienced what has been known as the Hunger Winter. Knowing the dangers of World War II, the Dutch government had prepared\u00a0for this war by collecting enough food to feed the Netherlands. However, when the German forces invaded, all the provisions were sent to Germany leaving the Dutch with little food to survive. Thanks to the excellent record-keeping of the Dutch, many stories of how people survived are available as well as studies related to starvation.<\/p>\n

On May 5th, 1945, the Dutch took to the streets waiting with anticipation for the Canadian troops that would finish the liberation in the country while the rest of the troops made their way to Germany. People listened to music and danced on the streets for days to come happy that their country was free at last.\u00a0With the excitement of the liberation and those who brought liberation to the Netherlands, many women ended up moving to Canada together with their Canadian sweethearts. Because of this, songs like\u00a0Trees heeft een Canadees\u00a0<\/em>became very popular. You can read more about this song in an old post<\/a> I found from our blog!<\/p>\n

This past Tuesday, the country was filled with festivals and celebration.\u00a0Bevrijdingsdag\u00a0<\/em>is a national holiday every five years making this year’s celebration even more special.\u00a0Despite the strong winds that swept through the country in the afternoon, people still celebrated and enjoyed the day.<\/p>\n

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The following video is of the celebration this year in which\u00a0Trees heeft een Canadees<\/em> is sung!<\/p>\n

https:\/\/youtu.be\/bQASHAG6m5w<\/a><\/p>\n

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Last Monday and Tuesday, the Netherlands celebrated two very important days. The first was on May 4th and is called\u00a0Dodenherdenking.\u00a0It is a day in which all those who died in World War II are remembered. The flags around the Netherlands were at half stance and at 20:00 a minute of silence was observed. Over 200,000…<\/p>\n

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