Remembering the dead
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Voor de Nederlandse slachtoffers van de Tweede Wereldoorlog Beneath the bells that softly toll,In hush of dusk, we bare our soul.Two minutes still, the world stands shy,As tears fall slow from silent sky. We speak no names — yet all are near,The brave, the lost, the ones held dear.From city square to windswept dune,Their memory
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Remembrance of the Dead (Dodenherdenking in Dutch) is held annually on 4 May in the Netherlands. Initially, it was only to remember the dead of World War II. But, since 2011 the official text of the Memorandum for Remembrance Day on 4 May is as follows: During the national commemoration of Remembrance Day, we remember
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May 4th is the designated day in the Netherlands to remember all those who died in WWII and other conflicts. At 8pm, two minutes of silence will be observed across the country. A few years ago, I saw a picture that really touched me. It was of a pizza delivery boy getting off his bike
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The 4th of May is the day when the Dutch remember the dead—those who died because of war. At the start of World War II, my hometown had 37 Jewish citizens; by the 4th of May 1945, they had all perished. Here is a poem remembering those 37 innocent lives. You are not different than
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