Amsterdam-Centrum , North Holland, Netherlands — Northwestern Europe

Tenth Anniversary of Liberation

Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, May 7, 2023

1. Tenth Anniversary of Liberation Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Ter herinnering
aan de
10^e Bevrijdingsdag
5.5.1945 - 5.5.1955

(English translation:)

In commemoration of the 10th anniversary of Liberation Day
May 5, 1945 - May 5, 1955

Erected 1955.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.

Location. 52° 23.161′ N, 4° 53.052′ E. Marker is in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland (North Holland). It is in Amsterdam-Centrum. Memorial is at the intersection of Schiemanstraat and Planciusstraat, on the right when traveling west on Schiemanstraat. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Schiemanstraat 2, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland 1013 MG, Netherlands. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Haarlemmerpoort / Willemspoort (city gate) (about 120 meters away, measured in a direct line); Olivier van Noort (approx. 0.2 kilometers away); 1944 Vliegtuigramp Herdenking Westzaanstraat / 1944 Westzaan Street American Bomber Crash Memorial (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Gedenkteken Westersuikerfabriek / Wester Sugar Factory Memorial

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(approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Wester Suiker Raffinaderij / Wester Sugar Refinery (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Spaarndammerstraat (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Zaandijkstraat (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Jacob van Heemskerck (approx. 0.4 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Amsterdam.

Also see . . . Liberation Day (Netherlands) (Wikipedia).

Excerpt: Liberation Day (Dutch: Bevrijdingsdag) is a public holiday in the Netherlands to mark the end of the German occupation of the country during the Second World War. It follows the Remembrance of the Dead (Dodenherdenking) on 4 May.

The Netherlands were liberated by Canadian forces, British infantry divisions, the British I Corps, the 1st Polish Armoured Division, American, Belgian, Dutch and Czechoslovak troops. Parts of the country, in particular the south-east, were liberated by the British Second Army which included American and Polish airborne forces…and French airbornes... On 5 May 1945, at Hotel de Wereld in Wageningen, I Canadian Corps commander Lieutenant-General Charles Foulkes and Oberbefehlshaber Niederlande commander-in-chief Generaloberst Johannes Blaskowitz reached an agreement
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, May 7, 2023

2. Tenth Anniversary of Liberation Marker
on the capitulation of all German forces in the Netherlands. The capitulation document was signed the next day in the auditorium of Wageningen University, located next door.

(Submitted on May 29, 2023.)

Credits. This page was last revised on December 24, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 29, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 60 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 29, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.