On the picture H.M. Willem-Alexander and H. Ankie Broekers-Knol, President of the Senate.
By Buonamassa G.W.
The Dutch Stichting Herdenking 15 August 1945 commemorates the 70th anniversary of the 2nd World War, during an event organized on August 15 under strong security control with more
than 3000 people assembled in Den Haag by the Indisch monument of Professor B.M. Teldersweg.
Special guests for this event was H.M. Willem-Alexander the King of Netherlands and several Dutch ministers. Eric Schneider addressed an impressive and emotional speech. He is the writer of Moesson , a theater production in memory of II World War victims.
Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s speech underlined the occupation of Japanese Army in East Asia and highlighted the independence day of Indonesia on 24 august 1945.
The event was organized in memory of civilians and military and Dutch victims that lost their lives in 1945 and were buried during the war in Thailand, Birma, Singapore, Hong kong, Japan, Australia and Indonesia.
