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Hundreds of visitors attended the commemoration ceremony at the Canadian war cemetery in Groesbeek on Friday. Around 20 Canadian war veterans were present at the ceremony. The ceremony began with a band of bagpipers. They also closed the ceremony.
Over 2,300 Canadians who died during the Second World War, which ended 80 years ago, are buried at the cemetery. In addition, there are a total of a hundred unidentified remains.
The cemetery was very warm during the ceremony. An ANP photographer saw that the veterans were moved to an area with shade halfway through the ceremony. A bagpiper became unwell due to the sun, and visitors were given bottles of water to help against the heat.
One of the people to give a speech during the ceremony was 101-year-old veteran Major General Richard Rohmer. He reported to the Air Force when he was 18 years old. That was in 1942. “There was a war, and I wanted to be a part of it,” he explained as his reason for joining up. By November 1944, he had completed 135 missions as a scout.
The commemoration was organized by the foundation Faces to Graves and the Canadian government.
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To counter the winter days’ brevity of light and increasing darkness
Yule festivities broke the dark’s stranglehold and its sometimes-deleterious effect on the human circadian rhythms
One feature of that feast was large fires to make the darkness retreat
and incorporated that light imagery in their “Light of the World” Christmas message
the Dutch use light to commemorate the Canadians who fell in the Second World War
They light candles in official ceremonies at the graves in Holten and Groesbeek
local schoolchildren come to the Holten and Groesbeek Canadian military cemeteries in the Netherlands to light a candle in honour of every soldier laid to rest
This act is both humbling and beautiful and is a reminder to us to show gratitude for the peace we enjoy, something so many around the world miss in living with wars and under suppression
the ceremonies will be fully public again as they used to be before the COVID-19 pandemic years that stopped the candlelight ceremonies
volunteers from the SVNF (Stichting Viering Nationale Feestdagen) continued this solemn tradition on their own
thousands of Dutch families decided that they would still light a candle in their windows to remember all the Canadians who participated in their liberation more than 75 years ago
The custom of lighting candles traces its roots to Finland and was brought to Holland by Leena van Dam
This custom has become widespread in the Netherlands
It is expected that thousands will be involved in placing candles this year
will be held on Dec. 24 at the cemetery which holds 1,394
gathered at the Canadian War Cemetery in Groesbeek to place candles on its 2,617 graves
The objective of this annual ceremony is to keep the memory of the Second World War current
“Never to forget the sacrifices these brave men made
To bring the light and the warmth to them as we do with our loved ones at Christmas time.”
who celebrated Remembrance on Nov. 11
can rest assured that they and their sacrifices at liberating the Dutch will never be forgotten in the Netherlands
Albert Wieranga is an area resident and regular photographer and contributor for BradfordToday
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98-year-old D-Day veteran Tom Rice is nudging closer to his goal of leaping out of planes at age 100
The American who caused a sensation in June by parachuting into Normandy for the 75th anniversary of the 1944 D-Day landings was at it again on Thursday
Strapped to a younger parachutist who steered their canopy
Rice jumped as part of commemorations for the massive landings of airborne Allied troops in September 1944
He described the jump as "perfect" and said: "I'm going to do it until I'm 100."
Army's 101st Airborne Division in World War II
Hundreds of other parachutists also soared over the Netherlands on Thursday to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Operation Market Garden
a 1944 land-and-airborne thrust through the country
Allied strategists hoped the assault would clear a path toward Nazi Germany's industrial heartland and hasten the end of the war
leaving airborne soldiers who'd jumped ahead of the thrust outnumbered and outgunned
The military bungle was immortalized in the Hollywood film and Cornelius Ryan's book "A Bridge Too Far."
More Allied troops - about 11,500 - died in the nine days of Operation Market Garden than in the D-Day landings
one of most affluent sponsors on the Dutch dressage scene
have parted ways with their riders of almost a decade
who have garnered their wealth in the pharmaceutical world
will continue RS2 Dressage with their third rider
Lemmens first began making prominent buys in 2014 and their name became "public" in 2017 when their stallion Jameson won the KWPN Stallion Licensing. That same year they also purchased the PSI Auction price highlight, Zum Glück for 850,000 euro
RS2 Dressage built a state of the art equestrian centre in Groesbeek
where Robin van Lierop and Seth Boschman ran a dressage training centre
Van Lierop competed RS2 horses Cupido, Finja, Zum Gluck and Brigitte Bardot on the international stage with Zum Gluck finishing 9th at the 2019 World Young Horse Championships and winning the 2019 Bundeschampionate
Boschman campaigned Flora de Mariposa and I Am Sam
but the hot mare was only shown three times internationally
Van der Putten garnered plenty of young horse success with RS2's flagship breeding stallion Jameson and she earned her big break at the highest level this year aboard Tørveslettens Titanium (by Totilas) as member of the Dutch team at the World Championships Dressage in Herning
Seth Boschman anxiously watching Robin competeAlready at the end of October
rumours of a change in staff at RS2 Dressage reached Eurodressage and when we inquired on 1 November
RS2 Dressage issued a press release announcing the departure of Van Lierop and Boschman
we have had a lot of conversations about the future and possible next steps," said Lemmens
we could not come to a mutual understanding
The differences of opinions brought us to the conclusion that it would be better that both parties would follow their own separate path."
Saskia and Jacques Lemmens at the 2020 WCYHIn the press release Van Lierop and Boschman stated
we still remember the beginning of something incredibly beautiful that we can now look back on with great pride after 9.5 years
We are therefore very grateful to Saskia and Jacques Lemmens for the wonderful years
where we have built together a strong foundation of the world famous RS2 Dressage Center."
"at the moment we are very busy to lay the groundwork for the realization of our new plans.”
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commemorating the story of the country’s liberation
were replaced to make room for the new structure
the building, situated on an elevated plateau, is slightly lifted, tilted and cut away on the side facing the valley all images courtesy of ZJA
the project by royal haskoningDGV, poly-ned and ZJA
which will be presenting history in a more international
with a growing number of both dutch and international groups of various backgrounds visiting the museum daily
the scheme intends to portray the story of the liberation of the netherlands as an example of a battle for values that are at stake today
the freedom museum in groesbeek finds its home in a shaded dome
sustainable dome in which an optimal climate is created
even in extreme weather conditions in order to expand the museum to 3000 square meters with a quick
cost-efficient construction that takes the form of a stark landmark
an exceptional type of building is required
the ‘shaded dome’ is an innovative concept
and a cover made out of hi-tech textiles come together to generate an extremely flexible volume
this ‘shaded dome’ is a very efficient structure
adopting the shape of an elongated hemisphere of bright textile
in reference to the parachutes that filled the sky during operation market garden
the shape also echoes the dome once designed by croonen
and cut away on the side facing the valley
offices and storage facilities are built underground
so that the restaurant offers a clear view of the valley from where the allied divisions once left for germany.
the slightly tilted dome is located towards the back of the plateau in order to accommodate parking and provide space for outdoor events
a part of the landscape seen from the road
also some distance and trees and shrubbery can be kept between the museum and the adjoining canadian field of memory
the dome has a very distinctive and recognizable shape
the flowing shape and texture that evokes images of parachutes and liberators all make sure that the museum forms a natural part of this flowing landscape with its winding roads and green vistas
the elongated dome is made with bright textile
offices and storage facilities are build underground
the freedom museum in groesbeek has a distinct and iconic presence
and yet its gentle curve and the texture of its skin ensure that the museum merges into the surrounding landscape
the microclimate is created by a constant airflow between the outer membrane and inner layer
and also by the different membrane materials that are used
the dome roofing consists of an outer tensile membrane and an insulated inner layer
because the inflatable hall is completely supported by air pressure
a column-free interior space of 2,400 m2 is created that can be freely arranged
name: freedom museum, groesbeek architecture office: shaded dome technologies ( ZJA, royal haskoningDHV and poly-ned) location: groesbeek
designboom has received this project from our ‘DIY submissions‘ feature, where we welcome our readers to submit their own work for publication. see more project submissions from our readers here.
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AXOR presents three bathroom concepts that are not merely places of function
but destinations in themselves — sanctuaries of style
The letters have stayed in the family for decades – hand-written accounts of Staff Sgt
David Rosenkrantz’s service in the 82nd Airborne Division amid World War II
Italy and England and serve as a window into the life of one of the nation’s first paratroopers
But the letters never answered the question that has bothered Rosenkrantz’s family for more than 73 years: Where was he
the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Accounting Agency announced that Rosenkrantz’s remains were identified and that they are on their way to the family in Los Angeles for a burial in the United States
He made combat jumps into Sicily and Holland and participated in the historic Waal River crossing during Operation Market Garden
after German tanks and infantry launched a major attack on his unit
Rosenkrantz’s platoon was occupying a farm near the town of Groesbeek when they were attacked by an overwhelming force
“The isolated paratroopers hid among sparse trees and buildings,” officials said
enemy gunfire erupted and Rosenkrantz was killed.”
“Due to enemy fire and the proximity to enemy troops
Rosenkrantz’s remains could not be recovered,” the DPAA said
his remains were found with the help of several Dutch citizens
the Royal Netherlands Army’s Recovery and Identification Unit and the American Battle Monuments Commission
a nephew who has been searching for his uncle’s remains for nearly two decades
said the discovery helps bring closure to the family
The younger Rosenkrantz is a professor emeritus in the industrial and manufacturing engineering department at California Polytechnic University in Pomona
five years after his uncle went missing in Europe
But Phillip Rosenkrantz said his uncle had a lasting presence within the family
“There was a picture of my uncle on the mantle at my grandmother’s house,” he said
“Everyone would say that he was a war hero
Phillip Rosenkrantz’s interest was piqued in the late 1990s
after watching the movie “Saving Private Ryan” about the search for a soldier in World War II
He was the middle child of 11 siblings and was one of five brothers who served during World War II
Phillip Rosenkrantz said the family plans to bury his uncle next to those brothers at Riverside National Cemetery in southern California
“We think that’s the best place for him,” he said
“We’re all really excited about being able to do his memory justice and finally get him to rest with his brothers.”
The nephew said he used the Internet and 82nd Airborne Division alumni groups to learn more about his uncle
He reached out to many veterans who had served with his uncle
Others – including an eye witness to Staff Sgt
he pieced together the untold story of his uncle’s World War II service
Phillip Rosenkrantz said he made three trips to Holland to learn more about the battle during which his uncle was killed
He met several men there who were instrumental in finding his uncle
very grateful to the Americans for liberating them,” he said
a researcher named Ben Overhand who helped search for the remains and an author named Frank Van Lunteren
“I don’t know if this would have happened without one or both of them in the background,” Phillip Rosenkrantz said
The nephew said he has learned that his uncle’s remains were not identified immediately after the war because he was separated from his identification tags
Those tags were found near Groesbeek several years ago and returned to the family
Officials found remains two years ago and recently made the match using DNA testing
We were waiting 18 or 19 years for this to happen.”
“It was like… Is it really over?” Phillip Rosenkrantz said of the DPAA notification
The nephew said he and other members of the family – none of Rosenkrantz’s siblings are alive today – have developed a greater understanding and respect for what their uncle accomplished
“When I grew up nobody could tell me what happened to him,” Phillip Rosenkrantz said
The discovery was praised Saturday by the unit Rosenkrantz served with in World War II
“The 82nd Airborne Division is grateful to the Rosenkrantz family and the Dutch officials who saw this to its conclusion,” division spokesman Lt
“David Rosenkrantz was an original All American paratrooper; bringing him home and properly honoring him is important to us.”
where Rosenkrantz is listed among the missing on a monument at an American cemetery
DPAA officials said his name will now be marked with a rosette
He worked at a General Motors plant before enlisting in the Army in February 1942
which his nephew has posted on a website dedicated to the search for Rosenkrantz
the soldier described how the 82nd Airborne Division prepared for war
“Life goes on as usual around here,” he wrote on March 17
and although it gets monotonous some times
Rosenkrantz described several of his unit’s training jumps
“Over 500 men on the ground in less than a minute,” he said of one battalion jump
Rosenkrantz sent his final letter from Fort Bragg before his unit shipped out to Europe
He described how he was promoted to sergeant
And the secrecy surrounding the impending deployment
“I wish you could see me all ready to fight,” Rosenkrantz wrote as he described the various weapons and tools he would carry into battle
knives and a grenade launcher that he described as “plenty wicked.”
“Being parachuters means that we might fight anywhere or anything…,” he said
we are prepared for anything and afraid of nothing.”
because this baby is taking no chances if he can help it.”
News accounts of the war also mentioned Rosenkrantz
who earned two Bronze Stars and two Purple Hearts
Articles printed in several American newspapers in July 1943 told the story of how Rosenkrantz and another soldier – Cpl
Rosenkrantz sprained his ankle during the combat jump into Sicily on the early morning of July 10
He and Black hid until daylight so that he could recover
then set out walking to find the rest of their unit
they marched into the group of Italian soldiers
“They captured us,” Rosenkrantz told an American reporter who wrote about the incident
They held a conference and decided to turn themselves over to us
for they heard that Americans were only eight kilometers away.”
“They presented us to the Chief of Police of the nearby town and he fed us
gave us good beds and declared on his honor that he was glad to see us,” Rosenkrantz added
Rosenkrantz and Black collected the Italian troops’ weapons and then marched them to American forces
“They were singing and just about raising hell,” Rosenkrantz recalled
“And a couple of them remarked that they hoped they would be sent to a prison camp in the United States.”
The soldier was later quoted during accounts of the fighting near Nijmegen in the Netherlands
A story by a foreign correspondent of the Indianapolis Times
which was published after Rosenkrantz’s death
featured a description of fighting during which paratroopers seized a railroad bridge over the Waal River
his company had taken a position near the bridge further south
The unit caught a German battalion unaware and
dead men hung from the bridge’s girders and blood dripped from the beams
“It was typical of what went on during the battle of Nijmegen Bridge,” Rosenkrantz said
Military editor Drew Brooks can be reached at dbrooks@fayobserver.com or 910-486-3567
lit her candle during the national commemoration ceremony at the Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery May 4
part of the 65th anniversary celebrations of Victory in Europe Day
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THE NETHERLANDS — As the sun descended
Canadian students stood before grave after grave in row after row of the Netherland’s Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery
Following a three-kilometre silent walk from the town’s square
about 1,200 students each stood silently and placed a candle in front of the final resting place of a Canadian soldier
as part of the town’s official remembrance ceremony
The students were among about 2,400 from across Canada who travelled to the Netherlands with EF Educational Tours to celebrate 65 years of Victory in Europe
Canadians led the charge in liberating the Netherlands during the Second World War
“A special word of welcome to all the Canadians that have joined us here,” said Groesbeek Mayor Gerd Prick to the many students and teachers dressed in red Canadian coats
local townspeople filled the cemetery for the two-hour Groesbeek remembrance event
a releasing of pigeons to represent freedom
“We can barely imagine what it must be like to live in relative peace in your country” and then be sent to combat overseas
Preventing intolerance and lawlessness are the things for which the men and women buried at Groesbeek gave their lives
“The young people present here today are the youngest generation fortunate enough to be living in safe and peaceful nations
a generation therefore that has no first-hand acquaintance with warfare,” the mayor continued
“It is also up to this generation to preserve this state of security
make a positive contribution to a safer and more peaceful future world.”
of West Hill Secondary School in Owen Sound
of Cairine Wilson Secondary School in Ottawa
Thomas Aquinas Catholic High School from Russell
Ontario participated in a Peace Tower Flag march
and students from Medway Secondary School in London were included in a candlelighting ceremony on the Cross of Sacrifice as Amazing Grace played
we do this every year with the little ones,” said Lucia Lamers
The Last Post followed by two minutes of silence
songs such as Oh Freedom and An Irish Blessing also filled out the evening
all while Canadian students stood quietly before the graves
there will be no freedom,” said vicar Janneke Ruijs
Canadian students passed lighters down their rows
bringing their candles to life to burn in front of their soldiers’ graves
There was also a passing of the torch from the veterans to the youth
of Adam Scott Collegiate Vocational Institute in Peterborough
stood between two tombstones with the same death date and planned to research the soldiers when back in Canada
The silent walk portion of the ceremony was amazing
“You’d walk up a hill and just see this wave of silence.”
the emotion of the ceremony and cemetery took its toll
as a boy from Bell High School in the Ottawa region walked away from a gravestone alone as students found their way back to their buses
“That was my great uncle,” he said
The Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery is the final resting place of more than 2,300 Canadian soldiers who died in their task to liberate the Netherlands
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Johnny “JT” Theodosiou and Dimitri “Detrony” Hadjipaschali get ready for competition
They left their homes in South Africa for the competition in North America
PHOENIX – Every year players uproot their lives to join their professional sports teams
For the esports organization Bravado Gaming
a cross-country move would have been welcome
it had to send its “Counter-Strike: Global Offensive” team to another continent to compete
but the opportunities for major tournaments are few and far between
the six Bravado boys — in their late teens and 20s — moved nearly 10,000 miles to a house in Phoenix and started their new routines
which include eight to 10 hours of practice each day
“The biggest challenge moving to America for myself
is sacrificing and leaving our family and friends,” Dimitri “Detrony” Hadjipaschali said
“leaving our comfort zone of South Africa where we compete in our own rooms and the competitors on a daily basis
The practice isn’t unprecedented and speaks to the growing acceptance of video-gaming competition
Brazil’s Luminosity made a similar move and found success
Sponsors are key and one of the biggest for Bravado Gaming is Alienware
Bravado Gaming begins Mountain Dew League competition– run by the E-Sports Entertainment Association League — on May 21
The team had dominated what little competition there is in South Africa for several years
placing first or second in every major tournament in 2016 and 2017
The organization decided to make a move to help the team develop and gain more exposure
They unveiled “Project Destiny,” an ambitious plan to send the team to North America for a year and see what progress can be made
Johnny “JT” Theodosiou and Rhys “Fadey” Armstrong
Coertzen is one of the older members of the team and the only one who has experience living on his own
he believes he has to fill the role of both coach and dad
I was taking on more of a dad rule,” Coertzen said
“But it’s easier for me because I was living on my own for seven years.”
Since most people in South Africa have their own domestic service
the younger players are learning how to live on their own
Someone has to clean the dishes and mop the floors,” Coertzen said
You have to get those fundamentals into the players.”
The team’s challenges include more than just learning how to cook
one of the biggest obstacles was leaving his comfort zone.
the players are taking advantage of their time in Phoenix and are happy to have found a new home
Van Wyk has been pleased with the move and although he hasn’t had a chance to go sightseeing yet
he has loved being able to feel like a real professional
“We have been really busy since we got here,” he said
“We are pretty much putting in eight to 10 hours of work every day and just spending time together with the team every day.”
Many of the players also spend their free time at night playing with other professionals in FPL (FACEIT Pro League) which is basically pickup games with fellow pro players across the North American “Counter-Strike” scene
The team’s plan for now is to spend its time in the United States in two blocks of six months
with a break of a few weeks in between to go home
If the team is able to prove itself and make it to the Pro League
a “Counter-Strike” league reserved for the 12 best teams in North America
and is able to do well in qualifiers for big international tournaments
the team was five players and a coach spread throughout South Africa who would practice when they could and participate in mostly just local tournaments
Now the players and coach are under one roof and able to work on their craft all day
They are looking to compete against some of the best competition in the world and bring some respect back to South Africa gaming
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Someone spraypainted a white letter Z onto a Russian tank recently placed in front of the Freedom Museum in Groesbeek
The letter Z is the pro-Russian symbol for the invasion of Ukraine
The incident happened on Sunday afternoon, museum director Wiel Lenders told the Gelderlander
Employees of the museum removed the paint as quickly as possible and informed the police
It is a historical object that we have on loan
We are considering measures,” Lenders said
The badly-damaged T-27B tank and a bullet-riddled Ukrainian ambulance have been in the parking lot of the Freedom Museum since Friday
The Ukrainian army captured the tank in March last year after it ran into a French mine during a Russian attack on Kyiv
the exhibition is a protest and awareness campaign
At the end of February, the tank was placed in front of the Russian embassy in Berlin as a protest against the Russian war
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Addressing a standing-room-only crowd in the new Omnisportcentrum—a 5,000-seat multi-use sports arena in Apeldoorn
Mayor Fred de Graaf spoke to the Canadian veterans present and those gathered to honour them
“We knew we could not keep honouring your fallen comrades
We had to let the next generation know of the suffering that we went through
The Canadian veterans had just ridden through the city in vintage military vehicles to the cheers
shouts and kisses of crowds estimated as high as 150,000—more people than the city’s population
it was like the victory in the Netherlands 65 years ago that they had come to celebrate
it was appreciation for their past actions as they had never experienced
It was the last event on the May 1-10 pilgrimage organized by Veterans Affairs Canada to mark the 65th anniversary of the liberation of the Netherlands
Led by Veterans Affairs Minister Jean-Pierre Blackburn
the delegation included representative veterans of the Netherlands campaign
The Royal Canadian Legion was represented by Dominion President Wilf Edmond
Navy and Air Force Veterans in Canada (ANAVETs) and Jan de Vries of the National Council of Veteran Associations and a veteran of the liberation campaign himself
The Canadian Forces was represented by Dave Munro of Chemainus
a member of the Canadian Peacekeeping Veterans Association
Canada’s youth were represented by two high school students who had participated in the Encounters With Canada program
Senators Fred Dickson and Tommy Banks and Liberal MP Rob Oliphant and Bloc Quebecois MP Guy André rounded out the party
After landing at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport
the delegation travelled by coach to Apeldoorn
is centrally located and for years has been the site of Victory in Europe celebrations
The royal family’s support and commitment to honouring Canadian liberators was evident from the first event on May 3
took refuge in Canada during the Second World War
a remembrance service at Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery
the largest of the Canadian war cemeteries in the Netherlands
who was born in Ottawa during the occupation
The royal presence did much to highlight the bonds between the two countries forged in the Second World War
Canada was the safe haven for the young royal family while young Canadians were given the task of clearing the northern coast once the Allies had achieved success in the Battle of Normandy
they liberated the Netherlands and brought food to a starving population
The cemetery is near Nijmegen from which the Battle of the Rhineland began in what was to prove the final fighting of the war
Among them is Sergeant Aubrey Cosens of the Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada
Blackburn recalled the actions of Cosens on the night of Feb
which earned him a posthumous Victoria Cross
While attacking three farm buildings near the hamlet of Mooshof
A full remembrance service followed with Queen Beatrix placing the first floral tribute at the Cross of Sacrifice
women and children who died during the occupation
sailors and airmen who died liberating them
It is marked by two minutes of silence held at 8 p.m
including some members of the Canadian delegation
Hardly a noise could be heard throughout the city
That morning at Holten Canadian War Cemetery
the Canadian delegation attended a ceremony organized by the Welcome Again Veterans Foundation and attended by Princess Margriet and her husband Pieter van Vollenhoven
The Holten cemetery was established after the war as a final resting place for Canadian military personnel who died in the Netherlands or in Germany
In contrast to the flat landscape stretching over most of the western part of the country
the cemetery is in a forested area on a hill
While most of the graves are located on flat ground at the base of a slope
the Cross of Sacrifice is on higher ground overlooking the cemetery
It was there that bugler Cameron Walker of the Governor General’s Foot Guards and piper Sergeant Bill MacDougall of the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa played the Last Post and the lament for a solemn remembrance ceremony
Close by were roughly 100 Dutch children patiently waiting for their part in the ceremony
After a flypast of four Harvard aircraft and a wreath- and flower-placing ceremony
the children responded to a signal by jumping into the air
They then moved quietly to their places in front of the rows of graves
Picking up small bouquets that had been placed at the end of each row
the children ran to a grave where they placed their flowers
and then quietly stepped back to reflect for a few moments on the soldier buried there
The children were then off to another row until all the graves in the cemetery had flowers in front of them
a helicopter dropped hundreds of paper poppies which were eagerly snapped up by the other children in the crowd
“The amazing thing is the way the children have learned about the wars,” said Legion Dominion President Wilf Edmond
“We would be a better country if we could just teach that to the youth of Canada.”
the Canadian youth representatives each gave presentations on soldiers from their home province
and they did this while standing in front of the well-kept graves
The mood of the country turned to celebration the next day
One of the most exuberant celebrations takes place in Wageningen
Canada’s Lieutenant-General Charles Foulkes
accompanied by Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands
accepted the formal surrender of Colonel-General Johannes Blaskowitz
commander of the German forces in the Netherlands
The hotel is still there and the square outside is known as May 5 Square
The main route to it has been renamed Generaal Foulkesweg
While the rest of the delegation viewed the parade from bleachers beside the hotel
veterans in the group rode in the parade on vintage military vehicles furnished by the Keep Them Rolling group of antique vehicle enthusiasts
“The Liberation March Past is a very important part of what makes Wageningen such as special city
I can see people standing in rows too deep to count
lining rooftops and leaning out of windows to show their support,” said Blackburn
addressing the crowd before sharing the reviewing stand with Dutch Secretary of Defence Jack de Vries
helium-filled balloons into the air as white doves flew over the streetscape
Marching at the end of the parade were thousands of Canadian high school students who were travelling with the EF Educational Tours
Throughout the week the delegation would often run across the more than 2,400 students and teachers from 85 schools across Canada participating in events
Each student had been assigned to research a particular member of the military
many of them buried in the cemeteries being visited
the delegation rose early to travel to Bergen-op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery near the Belgium border
the cemetery is the resting place for many killed in the Battle of the Scheldt in the fall of 1944
including 64 for members of the Royal Canadian Air Force
the Belgian city of Antwerp became essential for supplying the troops for the final advance into the Rhineland
the Germans controlled the Scheldt Estuary through which ships would have to pass to reach Antwerp
The Germans had flooded the area to defend their positions
but the Canadians broke through in a series of amphibious attacks that were among the mostly costly battles Canadians fought during the war
fought in motor torpedo boats as part of the 29th Canadian Motor Torpedo Boat Flotilla
hunting for German ships trying to protect the area
so we used to charge at them head-on,” he said
Prime Minister Stephen Harper attended the service at Bergen-op-Zoom along with Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende of the Netherlands and General Walter Natynczyk
more than 175,000 Canadians reinforced by Dutch and Allied forces fought its way from Normandy to Rotterdam
the water sometimes too high to wade through
Would you know what it means to be a citizen
who drank the full cup of a citizen’s duty.”
The delegation then visited a wind-blasted point near the town of Middelburg on the North Sea
Blackburn was representing Environment Minister Jim Prentice
chairman of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada
and local officials unveiled a plaque explaining the Canadian role in the Battle of the Scheldt which raged from September until Nov
The next day Senator Dickson led the delegation
as Blackburn had returned to Canada to participate in VE-Day commemorations
gypsies and resistance members were brought before being shipped by train in cattle cars to Auschwitz and other extermination and concentration camps
The railway tracks used to send trainloads of people to the concentration camps have been torn up and twisted skyward
We can sense the loss and the unspeakable things that have happened here
From this place 93 trains transported some 100,000 people to extermination camps in Eastern Europe,” said Dickson
The final commemoration attended by the group was the May 9 Apeldoorn parade
Crowds lined the streets and joyful bursts of enthusiasm greeted the veterans
many of whom were riding high on dozens of restored military vehicles
Leading the entourage was the Royal Canadian Artillery Band from Edmonton
That excitement and appreciation gave the mayor the confidence to claim his generation had succeeded at passing on the message of remembrance to a new generation that had no knowledge of the repression and hunger of the war years
It was a statement with which no one chose to argue
It was an unfulfilled promise and a journey that would take 65 years to complete
Jean-Marie Leroy returned to his pal Private Joseph Conrad Montcalm
The reunion took place in the Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery in the Netherlands when Leroy’s ashes were interred next to Montcalm’s grave in a touching service attended by Veterans Affairs Minister Jean-Pierre Blackburn
Together the two had served in Normandy and on into Belgium and the Netherlands
The 20-year-old Montcalm was wounded by machine-gun fire and called for Leroy to come to his aid
Leroy could not pause but promised he would return as soon as possible
It was not until the fighting was over that Leroy learned his friend had died
He returned to Canada and lived in Trois-Rivières
but the promise stayed with him the rest of his life
his will asked that his ashes be placed by his friend in the cemetery
the younger Montcalm poured ashes from a vial into a small hole dug into the earth by his brother’s grave
He then scooped earth from a bucket on top of the ashes
He was followed by Blackburn and Leroy’s friend Guy Bordeleau who had arranged the ceremony
gave an interment blessing and the reunion was complete
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Peter ten Dijk has kneeled 5,629 times in the name of honouring Canada’s war dead
From Holten to Groesbeek and 178 other burial sites
ten Dijk has photographed every gravestone of Canadians who died in the Second World War Liberation of Holland
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Or the resting place of 27-year-old Alberta soldier James M
Foster of the 29th Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment of Alberta’s consolidated regiment
he lies in the Commonwealth cemetery at Bergen-Op-Zoom
ten Dijk met 20 “young men age 85 and older,” Canadian veterans who had returned to the place they fought
Of all the Canadian veterans he met in 2005
past president of the King’s Own Calgary Regiment Association
That’s when it sank in that the families of men who crossed the ocean to make the ultimate sacrifice live very far from where their beloved lay under squares of Portland stone
then I will bring the graves to Canada with my photography’,” he said
‘Bringing them home.’ We bring the guys home,” he said
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Terse statistics tell the battle story: most were ground troops
but 758 were airmen from the Royal Canadian Air Force
The standard height of a grave stone is 80 centimetres high; to avoid distortion
Managing the digital files alone — resizing and uploading — consumed 1,500 hours
Ten Dijk’s parents were teenagers in the war; his mother was in Indonesia with family
where she lived through the Japanese occupation
His maternal grandfather was taken prisoner of war by the Japanese and worked on the Burma railway for three years
Allies needed to clear the way through Nazi-occupied Holland to Antwerp
A protracted campaign lasted through the terrible “Hunger Winter” of 1944-1945
Canadians advanced through Holland from the northeast and the west
Against fierce resistance from German occupiers
they airdropped food to the starving Dutch before the remaining German forces surrendered on May 5
1945 — now the annual Liberation Day holiday for the Dutch
The Canadians liberated 70 per cent of the Netherlands
handed down through subsequent generations along with accounts from First World War
The retired engineer invites students working on projects or families looking for their loved ones to download his copyright-free photos from his website
he plans to document Canadian WW2 soldiers’ graves in Germany
“These young men paid the highest price for our freedom — with their lives,” he said
“We must never forget what they did for us.”
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As children and their families around the world make last minute preparations on Christmas Eve
in anticipation of the next day’s festivities
a few hundred children in The Netherlands will be gathering at war cemeteries to place candles at the graves of more than 2,000 Canadian soldiers
the tradition has become widespread in the Netherlands
and it is expected that thousands will be involved in placing candles
an event will be held in the evening at the Holten Canadian War Cemetery
approximately 100 school children and more than 500 parents gathered at the Canadian War Cemetery in Groesbeek to place candles on 2,617 for the first time last year
“More and more cemeteries are placing candles at the graves in the community
I am very honoured and proud to be part of this committee in Groesbeek to organize this event,” said Gerard Hendriks
President of Royal Canadian Legion Branch 005 “The Liberation of The Netherlands.”
The objectives of this annual ceremony is to keep the memory of the Second World War alive and to “Never to forget the sacrifices these brave men made
To bring the light and the warmth to them as we do with our loved ones at Christmas time,” explained Hendriks
Twenty-five years ago a Finnish woman named Leena van Dam brought the tradition
which originally entailed the people of Finland placed candles at the graves of loved ones
to the Netherlands with her to remember fallen soldiers
She introduced it at the Holten Canadian War Cemetery
Since then the tradition has carried on with a large participation from school-aged children
“It is very important to give this knowledge and feelings to our children
But we need to keep the memory alive and to tell our children
We will never forget what these men meant to us
And we will pass it on to the children,” added Hendriks
made an announcement on social media about their mission to burn candles at every cemetery where fallen soldiers were buried
110 communities and cities in the Netherlands participated and placed candles at graves
The overall goal is to have candles burning at the grave of each of the 19,2000 graves of allied soldiers by the year 2019/2020
“People in the Netherlands won’t forget these soldiers brought freedom
The people suffered for more than five years
There has been and still is always a special bond between Canadian and Dutch people
More than 80 per cent of our country was liberated by Canadians
The people in the Netherlands are getting together at this Christmas days
A bit of that feeling we want to bring to these young men in their graves to let them know we won’t forget you even at these special days when families get together
We feel like family with these men and represent their families who are so far away,” stated Hendriks
“People in the Netherlands won’t forget these soldiers brought freedom.” Had the opportunity to visit Uncle’s grave in Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery this year in late spring
Finding the marker was a bit of a challenge but a Dutch family helped us out
We spoke with them later as we were leaving and while they are much younger than us they were quite knowledgeable about the part those young Canadians played liberating the Netherlands
Royal Winnipeg Rifles shot by a sniper near Nijmegen while on bridge sentry duty Monday 25 December 1944
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Nicknamed "the JC of Groesbeek" (JC is Johan Cruyff in Dutch football-language)
His parents follow him everywhere and join flew to the either side of the world as him as was chosen as a third goalkeeper for a trip to South-America three years ago
When the national anthem was played Ton and Nellie Cillessen had tears in their eyes and were shaking all over
although their son was sitting on the bench and had little chance of coming on
When Cillessen drives from his house to Ajax's training centre
After the training he calls her again and tells her what happened
She collects all his pictures and when there wasn't one from the trip with the Oranje to Asia a year ago she took a picture from the TV and hung it up
Jasper hails them for their involvement: "If they hadn't been so supportive
The Dynamo Kiev striker's uncle is Sigi Lens
a former professional footballer who was one of the 11 survivors of the tragic plane crash in Surinam in 1989 that killed 176 people
among them a group of Dutch football players of Surinamese descent who weretravelling for a friendly match
Sigi Lens couldn't play football again after the disaster because of hip problems caused by his injuries and became a well-known players' agent (among them Patrick Kluivert
because he says he wants to keep his business and private lives separate
Jeremain is a lover of motorcycles and was reprimanded once for driving without a licence
The father of this rising Ajax player is Danny Blind, the former Ajax captain who won the Champions League in 1995. Blind Snr is now the right hand man of Van Gaal and will probably be the new coach in 2016 after the tenure of Guus Hiddink, who will take over from Van Gaal after this World Cup
Blind chose the side of Van Gaal who battled with the Amsterdam club's icon Johan Cruyff for control of the club
a lifelong Ajax player who was tempted by Thierry Henry to move to Arsenal when he was 16
Now he is a much respected member of the first-team squad
Don't call him Depay, call him Memphis. He has Memphis on his shirt, and it is his rap- and his footballname. 'Depay' is the surname of his father who left him and his mother when he was four. They had to survive by themselves, having hardly any money. Memphis loves football and rap. His former manager
luckily for PSV Eindhoven and the Dutch national team
Memphis is always the last one to leave the trainingpitch
He has tattoos everywhere (even on his lip)
is extremely fit and is fiercely determind
saying that his ambition is to become as good as Arjen Robben
Cristiano Ronaldo and Eden Hazard as soon as possible
Ronald Koeman says he walks around as if he has won 10 European Cups and Kenneth Perez has called hima "lunatic"
"They don't know me." He likes Louis van Gaal because "he is always on my back
His best friend is a fluffy chow chow called Simba
When the Norwich City midfielder left the club that raised him
for FC Twente in the summer of 2011 he got a mourning card from a 'fan' of Feyenoord
Later on the big midfielder thought he was going to Everton but the deal was made public too soon by a friend of the chairman of FC Twente
The player nicknamed 'bouncer' once bought a horse for his girlfriend
but realised shortly after that they couldn't keep it in their apartment
confirming to them that he "knew Klaas-Jan and his parents that lived nearby" and also that Klaas-Jan "came round to play with his kids often"
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Kristallnacht commemorations will be happening throughout the Netherlands tonight, with the national commemoration happening in the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam. The organizers are feeling the impact of the war between Israel and Hamas, mainly in increased interest in the commemorations. But some have had to adjust their program, NOS reports
called the Night of Broken Glass in English
is considered the start of the mass persecution of the Jews in the Second World War
the Nazis attacked the Jewish community all over Germany
The name Kristallnacht comes from the glass that littered the streets afterward
There is enormous interest in the national commemoration in Amsterdam
master of ceremonies at the commemoration in the Portuguese Synagogue
“The number of registrations has never been so high
We really had to say ‘no.’ For safety reasons
Heilbron attributes the increased interest to the war between Israel and Hamas
They want to support the Jewish Dutch in this time of threats and war.” Deputy Prime Minister Sigrid Kaag will also attend
Partly because she is Deputy Prime Minister
but also because of her personal situation
with the threats against her and her husband
That topic has now only become more urgent.”
Commemorations in other cities also noted increased enthusiasm
there has always been a lot of interest in this commemoration
You notice that the current situation moves people,” said Wiel Lenders
where the Kristallnacht commemoration is taking place
Journalist Frits Barend will be the main guest and speaker in the Freedom Museum tonight
He was born in 1947 into a Jewish family and will tell his family’s story during and after the Second World War
“The dramatic events in the Middle East now and the Holocaust history of the past are completely incomparable,” Lenders stressed to NOS
“Tonight should only be about Kristallnacht.”
There is also a commemoration at the Jewish monument in Utrecht tonight
“I am asked about it more often than in previous years,” organizer Joop Spoor of the Utrechts Beraad Kerk en Israel told NOS
the organizers adjusted the commemoration program
the Kristallnacht commemoration program was spread over four days
and the memorial planned at the Jewish Monument in Wilhelmina Park was canceled
The Jewish community organized the memorial
“They indicated that they do not feel comfortable with the memorial moment in the park
and that's why we decided to cancel it,” Paul Kools of the organization behind the entire program said
“I would like to emphasize that there is no further reason
In Groningen, the synagogue canceled the silent march that traditionally precedes its commemoration
“We want to prevent people from mistaking this silent procession for a demonstration
which is not what it is,” director Geert Volders of the Folkingestraat Synagogue Foundation said
The commemoration took place on Sunday without incident
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Lee wrote to us and gave us a glimpse into his incredible experience:
On the first day of the trip we visited the Vimy Ridge War Memorial with close to 200 troops in attendance
We also visited the Bergen op Zoom Cemetery where a commemorative service was held
From there we headed to Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery where we were hosted by Royal Canadian Legion Branch 005
the Dutch Branch of The Royal Canadian Legion in Holland
Groesbeek Cemetery holds 2619 Canadian troops
It’s here where I got to meet someone who I’ve been carrying with me for 25 years
My VIP Team consisted of three persons from Veteran Affairs Canada
myself from The Royal Canadian Legion Team
Mike Watson from the Canadian Armed Forces
team medic Lt Nathalie Dubois and the Attaché for CAF to Holland (plus five other Europe countries) Col
We couldn’t have had a better group dynamic
They were wonderful people to share this with
The atmosphere and support of the Dutch communities along all the routes were also incredible
Our team stayed intact and everyone toughed out the lack of sleep
aching backs and empty stomachs to complete the Marches.
The 2019 Contingent had a 100% success rate each day
And all 175 marchers finished this year too
I was very lucky to have been asked to represent The Royal Canadian Legion at this event and the opportunity to be with the Forces again was great
There were too many highlights to choose just one
To do the Marches with two friends who I served alongside in Afghanistan was also extremely special
I would do it all again too if given the chance
Lee Harrison has some advice for those wishing to participate in the Nijmegen Marches:
You must rack up the miles walking with your pack
Minimum is 500km but you must do much more to have success
Train with more weight in your pack than you will carry in Nijmegen
get your rest. Be prepared mentally as well
The mental game is the biggest part of having success at Nijmegen
It's a big time commitment to train for this goes on for months prior to deployment for the Marches
Most of all....ENJOY NIJMEGEN! It is truly the walk of a lifetime
especially to do it with the Canadian Forces
Dominion Command of The Royal Canadian Legion invites Legion Members to apply for an opportunity to participate in the world’s largest walking/marching event held in mid-July in the Nijmegen area of Holland
An announcement for the 2020 Nijemegen March is expected to be made in December 2019
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Carolyn Russell finally got the chance to say goodbye to her father 72 years after his life ended on a German battlefield during the Second World War.
The Sarnia woman and her family recently returned from Holland where they visited the grave of her father Oswald 'Ossie' Cameron, located in the Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery.
During their visit, Canada's ambassador to Holland and the mayor of Groesbeek paid their respects to Cameron by laying a wreath at his grave site.
His family also finally had a chance to meet members of a Dutch family with whom Cameron was billeted just weeks before his death in 1945.
A Toronto milkman, Cameron enlisted as an infantryman with the Regina Rifle Regiment during the Second World War. He left behind his wife Madeline and their two children, six-year-old Carolyn and two-year-old Kenneth.
After helping liberate Holland, Cameron was one of 90,000 Canadians that joined a massive Allied offensive called Operation Veritable, pushing the Nazis back into northwestern Germany.
But on Feb. 27, 1945, Cameron was killed at the Lower Rhine town of Kleve.
His family in Toronto received a one-paragraph telegram in March 1945 from the Canadian Armed Forces informing them that their husband and father had been killed in action.
Due to wartime censorship, there was no mention of where or how Cameron was killed.
“This telegram, that's all my mother ever had. Period,” Russell said, clutching a copy of the telegram in her Sarnia home.
But the story of Cameron didn’t end with that telegram.
A few years ago, Russell was speaking with a Dutch friend who happened to be tending the cemetery in Groesbeek. One evening, a stranger approached her friend and asked if he could light a candle for Cameron’s grave site. The stranger's name was Hendricks.
“It was incredible,” Russell said. “He was 16 when his parents billeted my father in their home and now he was in his nineties and he still remembered my father.
“I knew I just had to meet him, I wanted to find out more about my father.”
Two weeks prior to his death, Cameron had been billeted with the Hendricks family in the town of Nijmegen. The Hendricks family had billeted numerous soldiers during the latter stages of the war – some Canadians, some Polish – but the now-elderly Hendricks remembered Russell's father with great clarity.
With a desire to learn more about her father, Russell travelled with her family – husband Ross and her three grown children, Todd, Jody and Scott – to Holland earlier this month.
“I learned so much during our time over there. I learned so, so much,” she said. “It was a very humbling experience for me and it was an incredibly humbling experience for my children as well.”
Even before the family set foot on Dutch soil, the tears started flowing, Russell said.
“Before we even landed in Holland, the captain on our Air Canada flight announced: 'We have a very special family on-board, Ossie Cameron's family, a man who made the supreme sacrifice for the liberation of Holland. And we just want to thank them and wish them a beautiful trip.'
“And everyone on the plane started clapping. That was the first time that I fell apart and then for the next week I cried constantly, constantly.”
On their first day in Holland, the family visited Cameron’s grave where they saw how deeply the Dutch treasured their Canadian liberators.
A Dutch school principal and his wife stopped at the cemetery to thank the family for Cameron's sacrifice where the families shared hugs and tears.
“It wasn't their generation, but it was their parents and grandparents who were dying of starvation, who were suffering under the Nazi occupation,” Russell said. “But these people still remembered all this and all the sacrifices that were made to free them.”
The next day, Russell got the chance to meet with Hendricks and learn more about her father.
“I found out that (my father) was a really happy man, that he loved his family,” she said. “He spoke of us constantly to the Hendricks family.”
She learned her father used to sit at a desk every night, surrounded by photos of his family, to write letters home to her mother.
“I have two shoe boxes full of those letters,” Russell said. “And every one of those letters starts out the same way, 'Hello, my darling' and, 'Hello, my sweetheart.' And so many of those letters said, 'Not to worry, I'll be home in no time.'”
Hendricks also provided Russell with the address of the house where Cameron was billeted, in Nijmegen, about a 10-kilometre hike from Groesbeek.
The Russells had a chance to meet the 45-year-old woman and her 13-year-old daughter who now lived in the home. They were allowed to come in for a visit.
“I touched the same doorknob that my father touched, I walked on the same terrazzo floor in the kitchen that he walked on,” Russell recalled. “I actually stood in the bedroom where he slept.”
The Russell family also had a chance to visit the site of the nearby Nazi concentration camp, Westerbork, where Jewish people were taken prior to being shipped to Auschwitz.
And in memory of both of her parents, Russell had a chance to scatter a handful of dirt from her mother's Canadian grave on that of her father's Dutch grave.
For Russell, it was a bittersweet moment because Cameron’s death left a hole in her mother's heart that she never quite recovered from.
“She never, ever got over my father's death. It actually ruined her life,” she said. “They were both 30 and back then there was no daycare. Single mothers weren't very common back then. And lots of times my mother worked two jobs just to support Kenny and I.”
But the trip to Holland has helped Russell better understand what kind of a man her father was – one who was willing to make the ultimate sacrifice to help others.
“Before I went (on the trip) it was just a story and now it's a real thing,” Russell said. “All of Ossie's grandchildren had been told all these stories about him, but never got the touch of it like they got in Holland.
“And now they've got the touch of it, they got to follow in his footsteps. And it's something that they will never forget. And neither will I.”
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More than 200 Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members completed the world-renowned
International Four Days Marches Nijmegen in the Netherlands on Friday
the CAF contingent marched 40 km every day for four days
the contingent participated in a 5 km victory parade attended by thousands of spectators who cheered on the Canadian soldiers
The CAF’s participation in the Nijmegen Marches is especially significant considering the role of Canadian soldiers in liberating the Netherlands from Nazi occupation during the Second World War
This year marked Canada’s 65th year taking part in the Marches
“I am so impressed by the strength of character that our marchers demonstrated once again this year at Nijmegen
and persevered through heat and rain to complete this physical and mental challenge
and I am very proud of each member of the contingent,” said the Canadian contingent commander
This year’s contingent was comprised of 13 teams from across Canada
The participating Canadian soldiers were from every element
the CAF members also commemorated Canada’s First World War legacy with ceremonies at the Canadian National Vimy Memorial in France
and at the Passchendaele Canadian Memorial and the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres
a ceremony was held on the third day of the Marches at the Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery in the Netherlands
to remember fallen Canadians from the Second World War
“The Canadian contingent should be very proud of their achievements
Individually they have overcome the formidable physical and emotional challenges presented by the Nijmegen Marches
and as a team they have performed flawlessly as they paid tribute
consisting of marchers from the Canadian Armed Forces and special guest marchers from various organizations
should be proud of their accomplishments in the 2017 Nijmegen Marches
during which they have admirably answered the call to service in this
Chief of Staff for Military Personnel Command
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