The Netherlands was liberated from the German occupation in the Second World War on 5th May, 1945, and the 4th May, the last day of occupation, is the Dutch Remembrance Day. Two minutes’ silence is observed at 20:00.
This year, Emma will be singing during a ceremony in the CWGC cemetery in Heteren , organised by the Heteren Orange Comité. A group of British veterans who partcipated in the liberation of the Netherlands will be present.
Nineteen airmen are buried in the cemetery, two of whom are unidentified.
19:30, CWGC Heteren, Achterstraat, Heteren, the Netherlands