Events

This event is cancelled / postponed due to Coronavirus – Covid-19. Update on COVID-19 and Europe Remembers Event Listings and Activities [13.03.2020] On the 4th of May we commemorate the Dutch victims of the Second World War and all war

D-Day Commemorative Ceremony at Juno Beach

06/06/2020 10:30 am

D-Day Canadian ceremony with a tribute to Canadians soldiers and their British brothers in arms at the Garth Webb Esplanade.

The forgotten execution – Audiotour

01/08/2019 12:00 am

Wednesday, September 20, 1944. While the Battle of Arnhem is in full swing, in Sonsbeek Park four men are standing in front of a German firing squad. Who are these men, where do they come from and how did they

The Faces of Margraten

02/05/2020 9:00 am

Meet the U.S. soldiers buried in the American Cemetery in Margraten, when their photos are posted next to their headstones during The Faces of Margraten tribute.

Historical Military Camp

17/04/2020 12:00 am

This event is cancelled / postponed due to Coronavirus – Covid-19. Update on COVID-19 and Europe Remembers Event Listings and Activities [13.03.2020] Together with DPA-Holland, Broken Wings is organizing a wonderful event around Castle Canneburch from 17 to 19 April.

Co. Fermanagh Celebrates VE Day 75

06/05/2020 12:00 am

In Co Fermanagh, Northern Ireland the celebration events, over the VE Day week/weekend (6-10th May 2020) will include church services of thanksgiving, family fun day, beacon lighting, school events, band performances, gun salute and much more. Volunteers from a number

Dodenherdenking – Harskamp

04/05/2020 2:00 pm

Liberation Festival Pilsen

01/05/2020 12:00 am

This event is cancelled due to Coronavirus – Covid-19. Update on COVID-19 and Europe Remembers Event Listings and Activities [13.03.2020] The city of Pilsen celebrates the 75th anniversary of its liberation by the US Army with one of the

Airborne stories Arnhem Audioguide tour

17/07/2019 12:00 am

A series of audio stories brings the city as it was in 1944 to life, as you become immersed in the Battle of Arnhem. Stop at 25 different listening points along the route and hear what happened right there on

Foulkes Festival

05/05/2020 12:00 am

This event is cancelled / postponed due to Coronavirus – Covid-19. Update on COVID-19 and Europe Remembers Event Listings and Activities [13.03.2020] At the Foulkes Festival historical and educational activities for all ages will be made available. The festival is

Freedom Not Forgotten – Guernsey

25/04/2020 9:00 am

The Islands of Guernsey are located in the English Channel, just 30 miles from the Normandy coast. All five of these beautiful Islands have a great deal of WWII history as they were the only British territory that Hitler conquered

Commemoration at the liberation monument

18/04/2020 11:00 am

This event is cancelled / postponed due to Coronavirus – Covid-19. Update on COVID-19 and Europe Remembers Event Listings and Activities [13.03.2020] On April 17th 1945 Ede was liberated by the Polar Bears Division. On Saturday April 18th we commemorate

Memorial Bicycle tour

This event is cancelled / postponed due to Coronavirus – Covid-19. Update on COVID-19 and Europe Remembers Event Listings and Activities [13.03.2020] In 2020, 75 years of liberation will be celebrated in the Netherlands. In this context, an 8-day Memorial

“From Casablanca to Karlshorst” special exhibition

29/04/2020 10:00 am

A special exhibition on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe Casablanca and Karlshorst: These two places are linked by the Allied demand for unconditional surrender of Germany in the Second World

Through old pictures and recent ones, visitors will be brought back at the time of D-Day on Utah Beach and Sainte-Marie-du-Mont. This temporary exhibition will be presented from June 2019 until November 2020.

The attack (theater – NL)

29/05/2020 8:15 pm

This event is cancelled / postponed due to Coronavirus – Covid-19. Update on COVID-19 and Europe Remembers Event Listings and Activities [13.03.2020] The attack is a classic play. This play will be performed in Dutch. During the play there is

The sound of freedom

01/05/2020 8:30 pm

This event is cancelled / postponed due to Coronavirus – Covid-19. Update on COVID-19 and Europe Remembers Event Listings and Activities [13.03.2020] Konrad Koselleck Big Band with Vincent Bijlo & Ellen ten Damme On the fifth of May 2020, we

Commemoration – Wekerom

Exhibition ‘Him or me. A Canadian and a German’

14/02/2020 12:00 am

This event is cancelled / postponed due to Coronavirus – Covid-19. Update on COVID-19 and Europe Remembers Event Listings and Activities [13.03.2020] On 14 February 2020 the exhibition ‘Him or me. A Canadian and a German’ is set to open

Maple Leaves and Tulips: 75 Years, Then & Now

01/02/2020 12:00 am

In honour of the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe the Juno Beach Centre presents the temporary exhibit “Maple Leaves and Tulips: 75 Years, Then & Now”. Due to the museum closure during the COVID-19 crisis, The Juno Beach Center

Vrijheidsfestival Ede 2020

18/04/2020 1:00 pm

This event is cancelled / postponed due to Coronavirus – Covid-19. Update on COVID-19 and Europe Remembers Event Listings and Activities [13.03.2020] For the fourth consecutive time, Akoesticum is organizing the Vrijheidsfestival in Ede in collaboration with the municipality of

Liberation of Flanders by the 1st Polish Armoured Division and general Maczek

08/09/2019 12:00 am

On September 8 Canada-Poland War Museum in Adegem is opening the biggest new Polish exhibition for commemorations of liberation of Flanders by the 1st Polish Armoured Division under command of General Stanislaw Maczek.

“Strijden voor vrijheid” with Eric Corton

23/04/2020 8:00 pm

This event is cancelled / postponed due to Coronavirus – Covid-19. Update on COVID-19 and Europe Remembers Event Listings and Activities [13.03.2020] This night is dedicated to fighters on all fronts. For freedom, for music, for life, for their rights

Bus tour ‘Liberation of the Netherlands’

This event is cancelled / postponed due to Coronavirus – Covid-19. Update on COVID-19 and Europe Remembers Event Listings and Activities [13.03.2020] The 8-day bus tour ‘Liberation of The Netherlands’ is organised to celebrate 75 years since the liberation of

The Faces of Groesbeek

In the context of “75 years of freedom”, the Faces to Graves foundation is organizing the event ‘The Faces of Groesbeek’ at the Canadian War Cemetery on the Zevenheuvelenweg in Groesbeek.

Tributefestival Sweet Freedom

15/05/2020 12:00 am

This event is cancelled / postponed due to Coronavirus – Covid-19. Update on COVID-19 and Europe Remembers Event Listings and Activities [13.03.2020] During this first edition of Tribute Festival Sweet Freedom we celebrate 75 years of freedom together! And what

Back to Westerbork

22/04/2020 12:00 am

This event is cancelled / postponed due to Coronavirus – Covid-19. Update on COVID-19 and Europe Remembers Event Listings and Activities [13.03.2020] Terug naar Westerbork (Back to Westerbork) wants to contribute to the focus on 75 years of peace

Immersive Experience 1944 Mons

31/08/2019 9:00 am

From 31 August, the Mons Memorial Museum will host a new temporary immersive experience. Using the latest technology, go back in time and step into the shoes of an American soldier, a German soldier, a resistance fighter or a Mons civilian to understand and feel the spirit of 1944. Have a 360° experience, fully immersed in history!

Commemoration – Otterlo

Voices of War

30/04/2020 12:00 am

This event is cancelled / postponed due to Coronavirus – Covid-19. Update on COVID-19 and Europe Remembers Event Listings and Activities [13.03.2020] Voices of War consists of three separate compilations of excerpts from audio interviews held in IWM’s rich sound

Dutch-German Liberty Concert

This event is cancelled / postponed due to Coronavirus – Covid-19. Update on COVID-19 and Europe Remembers Event Listings and Activities [13.03.2020] Dutch-German Liberty Concert in the Freedom Museum in Groesbeek.

We’ll Meet Again VE75 Anniversary Concert

01/05/2020 6:45 pm

This event is cancelled / postponed due to Coronavirus – Covid-19. Update on COVID-19 and Europe Remembers Event Listings and Activities [13.03.2020] A Concert on the 1st and 2nd July at The Memorial Centre at 7:30pm to celebrate the 75th

Temporary museum “Rheden during the war “

16/12/2019 12:00 am

This event is cancelled / postponed due to Coronavirus – Covid-19. Update on COVID-19 and Europe Remembers Event Listings and Activities [13.03.2020] In 2020, a large part of the Netherlands celebrates 75 years of liberation. In that context, a temporary

Dodenherdenking – Ede

04/05/2020 6:30 pm

Freedom festival Ede

18/04/2020 12:00 pm

This event is cancelled / postponed due to Coronavirus – Covid-19. Update on COVID-19 and Europe Remembers Event Listings and Activities [13.03.2020] In 2020 we will celebrate 75 years of Liberation of Ede on Saturday April 18th. Have a look

Hungerwinter, food and famine

13/02/2020 12:00 am

This event is cancelled / postponed due to Coronavirus – Covid-19. Update on COVID-19 and Europe Remembers Event Listings and Activities [13.03.2020] Hunger Winter: Food and Famine is the new exhibition of the Special Collections of Wageningen University & Research

Commemoration – De Valk

04/05/2020 7:45 pm

Tonight into Day

01/03/2020 12:00 am

This event is cancelled / postponed due to Coronavirus – Covid-19. Update on COVID-19 and Europe Remembers Event Listings and Activities [13.03.2020] Here in Holland, everyone in my generation knows where their parents were during World War Two – whether

Commemoration – Lunteren

Dilemma Maze

14/06/2019 12:00 am

This event is cancelled / postponed due to Coronavirus – Covid-19. Update on COVID-19 and Europe Remembers Event Listings and Activities [13.03.2020] The Maze The Dilemma Maze consists of white crosses that refer to the ‘field of honour’, the cemetery

Heritage Afternoon Tea with Annie Barrows – Guernsey

26/05/2020 3:00 pm

2020 Liberation Celebrations Guernsey

The 2020 Liberation Celebrations will be the 75th anniversary of Guernsey’s ‘National Day’ when the island was liberated on 9 May 1940 from five long dark years of Occupation 1940‐1945. Website: https://www.liberationday.gg FREE ENTRANCE

Market Garden Fietsroute

04/05/2020 12:00 am

This event is cancelled / postponed due to Coronavirus – Covid-19. Update on COVID-19 and Europe Remembers Event Listings and Activities [13.03.2020] Market Garden cycle route (40 and 60 km) + coffee with apple pie. Two beautiful cycling routes where

Commemoration Bombardement Parkweg 2020

18/09/2020 11:00 am

At the start of Operation Market Garden on September 17th, 1944, allied pilots bombed the southern parts of Ede. The target of these bombings was the barracks where German soldiers were located. Due to bad weather and navigation errors, many

Havendagen Tholen

06/06/2020 10:00 am

Every two years the Havendagen are a weekend of local celebration. In 2020 it will be all about the 75 years of liberation.

Canadian Liberation Festival Apeldoorn

Every fifth year as of 1985 the “Stichting Bevrijding ‘45” has organised a Parade with Canadian Veterans and Veterans from other allied forces on the Loolaan and Kerklaan in Apeldoorn. For 2020, the foundation has largely completed the program of the festival.

D-Day Festival Normandy 2020

30/05/2020 12:00 am

Since 2007, the D-Day Festival Normandy offers a number of events for the anniversary of the Allied landings in Normandy on 6th June 1944.

Commemorative Ceremony Liberation of the Netherlands

08/05/2020 3:00 pm

Ceremony in tribute to the friendship between Canadians and Dutch people forged during the Liberation of the Netherlands. Every year on May 8, Canadians commemorate the Victory in Europe and the liberation of those countries that were occupied and devastated

Signs of freedom

18/10/2019 12:00 am

This event is cancelled / postponed due to Coronavirus – Covid-19. Update on COVID-19 and Europe Remembers Event Listings and Activities [13.03.2020] To commemorate 75 years of freedom, the Limburgs Museum and Museum van Bommel van Dam present ‘Signs of

75th Anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE 75)

Register your interest for Friday 8 May event only. A special programme of events marking VE 75 will take place over the Early May Bank Holiday 2020 in Central London and has been designed to be of particular interest to

Commemoration Asakkerweg Ede

04/05/2020 1:15 pm

Great Women during the War: 1939-1945

01/03/2019 12:00 am

During the Second World War, women experienced anxiety, fear, worry and loss, while holding on to hope. They contributed to the war effort by working and by drawing upon their energy and skills to seize new opportunities, and to successfully

VE Day 75 Concert – Live in British Cinemas

VE Day 75 With The Daily Mail, presented by SSAFA, the UK’s oldest national tri-service military charity, takes place on Friday 8 May.
On this May Bank Holiday, host Katherine Jenkins will be joined on stage by the Military Wives Choirs, the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra and a host of special guests at a sold out Royal Albert Hall. The inspiring and patriotic evening will also include a very special performance by Katherine.

Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra

03/05/2020 3:00 pm

This event is cancelled / postponed due to Coronavirus – Covid-19. Update on COVID-19 and Europe Remembers Event Listings and Activities [13.03.2020] As you may know, the Canadians played a big part in the liberation of The Netherlands. During this

Militracks May 16-17, 2020 – Oorlogsmuseum Overloon

16/05/2020 9:00 am

This event is cancelled / postponed due to Coronavirus – Covid-19. Update on COVID-19 and Europe Remembers Event Listings and Activities [13.03.2020] Militracks is on Saturday 16 May and Sunday 17 May 2019. The military collectibles market opens at 09:00, at the

Airborne Air Landings and Commemoration Ginkel Heath

19/09/2020 9:00 am

As during the Operation Market Garden in 1944, around 2000 paratroopers will be dropped out of planes above the Ginkelse Heide. The brave men who fought for freedom 76 years ago will be commemorated during the Airborne Air Landings and Commemoration on the 19th of September.

Airborne Landings and Commemoration

19/09/2020 8:00 am

76 years since Operation Market Garden and 75 years of Freedom in The Netherlands. Just like than over a 1000 parachutists will be dropped at the Ginkel Heath. During the Airborne Landings and Commemoration, in the presence of the last

The commemorations of May 8, 1945

08/05/2020 10:00 am

The largest gathering in Normandy immerses you in the history of the 39/45 war. In various camps, nearly 80 vintage vehicles and more than 400 soldiers in uniform will take place in the park of the Castle. Animations and historical

Liberation Festival & Children’s Flea Market

20/09/2020 10:30 am

Liberation festival with a colourful children’s fleamarket from 10.30 am-4.30 pm on the museum grounds with many other activities. Entry fee adults € 5.00 (incl. parking, museum and festival). This discount is not applicable in combination with other discounts. Free

VE Day Commemorations

This event is cancelled / postponed due to Coronavirus – Covid-19. Update on COVID-19 and Europe Remembers Event Listings and Activities [13.03.2020] Friday 08 May – Cromer Churchyard – 2:55pm – Official unveiling of poppy waterfall (4500 ceramic poppies hand

Keep Them Rolling

18/04/2020 12:00 am

This event is cancelled / postponed due to Coronavirus – Covid-19. Update on COVID-19 and Europe Remembers Event Listings and Activities [13.03.2020] In the footsteps of our liberators, the Canadians and the English, the jeeps, trucks and amphibious vehicles of

War – Occupation – Liberation

09/05/2019 12:00 am

Belgium was liberated and the Second World War came to an end 75 years ago. Defence and the War Heritage Institute (WHI), in joint operation with numerous partners, have developed a national anniversary program. The commemorative year is launched on

Airborne Air Landings and Commemoration Ginkel Heath

19/09/2020 9:00 am

Commemoration – De Valk

04/05/2020 7:45 pm

Commemoration – Bennekom

04/05/2020 7:00 pm

Commemoration- Ederveen

The commemorations of May 8, 1945

08/05/2020 10:00 am

The Faces of Margraten

02/05/2020 9:00 am

Meet the U.S. soldiers buried in the American Cemetery in Margraten, when their photos are posted next to their headstones during The Faces of Margraten tribute.

Commemoration Asakkerweg Ede

04/05/2020 1:15 pm

Historical Military Camp

17/04/2020 12:00 am

Commemoration – Wekerom

2020 Liberation Celebrations Guernsey

Commemorative Ceremony Liberation of the Netherlands

08/05/2020 3:00 pm

75th Anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE 75)

Commemoration at the liberation monument

18/04/2020 11:00 am

Commemoration – Otterlo

D-Day Commemorative Ceremony at Juno Beach

06/06/2020 10:30 am

D-Day Canadian ceremony with a tribute to Canadians soldiers and their British brothers in arms at the Garth Webb Esplanade.

Dodenherdenking – Harskamp

04/05/2020 2:00 pm

Commemoration Bombardement Parkweg 2020

18/09/2020 11:00 am

Tonight into Day

01/03/2020 12:00 am

Dodenherdenking – Ede

04/05/2020 6:30 pm

Commemoration – Lunteren

Keep Them Rolling

18/04/2020 12:00 am

VE Day Commemorations

Exhibition ‘Him or me. A Canadian and a German’

14/02/2020 12:00 am

Dilemma Maze

14/06/2019 12:00 am

Signs of freedom

18/10/2019 12:00 am

Liberation of Flanders by the 1st Polish Armoured Division and general Maczek

08/09/2019 12:00 am

Temporary museum “Rheden during the war “

16/12/2019 12:00 am

“From Casablanca to Karlshorst” special exhibition

29/04/2020 10:00 am

Freedom Not Forgotten – Guernsey

25/04/2020 9:00 am

Utah Beach, then and now

01/06/2019 9:30 am

Maple Leaves and Tulips: 75 Years, Then & Now

01/02/2020 12:00 am

Hungerwinter, food and famine

13/02/2020 12:00 am

Great Women during the War: 1939-1945

01/03/2019 12:00 am

War – Occupation – Liberation

09/05/2019 12:00 am

Immersive Experience 1944 Mons

31/08/2019 9:00 am

The Guernsey Liberation Story

01/05/2020 7:00 pm

Liberation Festival Pilsen

01/05/2020 12:00 am

Freedom festival Ede

18/04/2020 12:00 pm

Airborne Landings and Commemoration

19/09/2020 8:00 am

Heritage Afternoon Tea with Annie Barrows – Guernsey

26/05/2020 3:00 pm

Canadian Liberation Festival Apeldoorn

D-Day Festival Normandy 2020

30/05/2020 12:00 am

Since 2007, the D-Day Festival Normandy offers a number of events for the anniversary of the Allied landings in Normandy on 6th June 1944.

Liberation Festival & Children’s Flea Market

20/09/2020 10:30 am

Foulkes Festival

05/05/2020 12:00 am

Co. Fermanagh Celebrates VE Day 75

06/05/2020 12:00 am

The attack (theater – NL)

29/05/2020 8:15 pm

Havendagen Tholen

06/06/2020 10:00 am

Every two years the Havendagen are a weekend of local celebration. In 2020 it will be all about the 75 years of liberation.

Bus tour ‘Liberation of the Netherlands’

Dutch-German Liberty Concert

VE Day 75 Concert – Live in British Cinemas

The Faces of Groesbeek

In the context of “75 years of freedom”, the Faces to Graves foundation is organizing the event ‘The Faces of Groesbeek’ at the Canadian War Cemetery on the Zevenheuvelenweg in Groesbeek.