As if the two cars were overtaking when the world collapsed on top of them. The picture of the destroyed garage was taken in May 1940, just after Rotterdam was heavily bombed. Today, on the fourth of May, the Dutch remember the dead from WO II. It’s a day of sadness, silence and remembrance. Tomorrow, May 5, we celebrate that sixty years ago Holland was liberated by the allied forces. Ceremonies, celebrations and liberation festivals will be held throughout the country. Thousands of international veterans and relatives are expected to take part, meet with local people and comrades-in-arms, visit former battlegrounds and salute the soldiers killed in action.



photo by J.A. Kok, courtesy mrs. Schouwenaar-Kok and the City Archive of Rotterdam

May 4, 2005