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History The was occupied in May 1940. After fivedays ofheavy fighting remained occupied until1945. and theBattle of theScheldt,whilenorth liberated during ofthecountrywas 1944 thesouthernpart Dutch Jews did notsurvivethewar. Inlate suffered greatly: ofthe threequarters Nazi rule. Especially the Jewish population died in Allied bombingsand asaresultofthe During the occupation, thousands ofcivilians Dutch children onaCanadianSherman inHarderwijk

TOUR & TRAVEL GUIDE THE NETHERLANDS the Battle of . in 1942.ItisondisplayatLiberation Museum specifically produced for the Canadian Army equipped with a750ccengineblockandwas The motorcycle, whichispictured here, is Part ofthe Atlantikwall the after fighting Battle ofthe Scheldt INVOLVED NATIONS port of . port Zeeland, allowingtheeventual useofthe in November1944withtheliberation of Zeeland. The Allies finally won thebattle the Canadianslandedat Westkapelle, of theScheldtinOctober 1944where Sea. North The Allies launchedtheBattle province ofZeelandandtheaccessto the German troopsstillcontrolledtheDutch However, couldnotbeusedasthe theport cityontheriver Scheldt. port captured Belgian Antwerp, amajor On 4September 1944,the Allies Harley-Davidson Liberator LIBERATION MUSEUM ZEELAND CA US War II. Davidson motorcycles onahugescale during World The American andCanadian Army usedtheHarley- PL a world famous brand, butalsoaniconduring theliberation The Harley-Davidson ‘Liberator’ was notjustamotorcycle of An Harley-Davidson in WWII. BE Reconstruction. of theNetherlands, butalsoduring thePost-War thus notonlyplayed aroleduring theliberation became popularintheNetherlands. The Liberator on theDutch roads. The Harley-Davidson brand Second World War, theLiberator was widelyused ofvehiclesdirectlya shortage theendof after Davidson motorcycles behind.Because were of left Liberator. After thefightingfinished,many Harley- of theNetherlands. The latter explains thename NO American paratroopers aboveGroesbeek too far. bridge at turned outto beabridge After thesuccessful the battleofNijmegen, could berelievedbytheground forces. capture andholdthebridges untilthey and Arnhem inGelderland, theywere to the paratroopers droppedaroundNijmegen Brabant. inNorth Together with paratroopers were droppedaround advancea swift towards . American Netherlands inorder to pave theway for the rivers , Waal andRhineinthe The goalwas to secure thekey bridges over September 1944. Second World War, was launched in the largest Allied operations ofthe Operation Market Garden,oneof Market Garden Operation Hell’s Highway CA US PL UK portrait’ byRiekSnel. Little dollasa‘self- occupiers. the increasinglydesperate German terrible hungerandhardshipunder Dutch peoplewhohadsuffered roleintheliberation ofthe major The FirstCanadian Army played a Liberation bythe Canadians of Rijssen Liberation ofSouth cause offreedom. Netherlands, atremendoussacrifice inthe nine-month campaign to liberate the More than7,600Canadiansdiedinthe LiberatorsCanadian In thefootsteps of ‘Little doll’, the story of Riek Snel NATIONAL MONUMENT CAMP VUGHT members ofaresistance groupin Amsterdam. Jo ElsendoornandRiekSnelwere acoupleand Ravensbrück whereshelostherlife. the war, whileRiekwas transported to concentration camp out thisway. Jowas ableto escape thecamp andsurvived time inamorebeautiful dress’. Unfortunately, itdidn’t turn The dollcarries asmallbookinitsarmswiththetext ‘Next triangle, thewooden arevisible. shoesandaheadscarf of everysingledetail whencreating thedoll.Evenred wears adressmadeofthecamp’s clothes. Riekthought as a‘self-portrait’. The doll,whichmeasures17centimetres, in thecork ofabottle. As areply,shesendshimsmalldoll, Camp Vught, JosendsRieksmall,sweet messageshidden They were betrayed, caught andsentto Camp Vught. In CA provinces of North Brabantprovinces ofNorth andGelderland. in Limburg,theymovedthroughthe German defences. fromMesch Starting lives intheultimate attempt to break thousands of American soldierslosttheir From September 1944to April 1945, Netherlands. key roleintheliberation ofthe The helpedplay a American Liberators In thefootsteps ofthe Secret messages were hiddeninthe cork ofabottle. US be found on: different locations oftheaudiospotscan experiences. All theinformation andthe with veryimpressivepersonal stories and and 1945,linkingmajor, well-known events happened ataspecificlocation in1944 By doingso, youcan learnaboutwhat www.liberationroute.com free inthreedifferent languagesvia moving story thatcan bedownloadedfor At eachspot,youcan readandlisten to a regionin2008. so-called ‘audio spots’inthe Arnhem- Liberation Route Europestarted creating different Dutch provinces. audio spots,located ineight Currently, thereareover200 WWW.LIBERATIONROUTE.COM Audio spots surrender” ‘Killscore’, the story of Anthony Crane “Never AIRBORNE MUSEUM AT HARTENSTEIN the houseonPieterbergseweg 34inOosterbeek. Garden, British sniper Anthony Crane found himselfin On 21September 1944,during Operation Market braver. on thewallpaper was something hedidto make himselffeel stated thathefound itveryhardto shootpeople. The writing “Fuck theGerry’s”. Many yearslater inaninterview, Crane of thepiecewallpaper hewrote “Never surrender”and September heshotatotal of16Germansoldiers. At the top 23 September hedidnotget any killsbuton24 and25 German soldiershehadkilledorwounded. From 21to On thewallpaper ofthehousehekept track ofhowmany write on. This isthe pieceofwallpaper that Anthony Crane used to

‘The Carillon’

, learn abouthistory” coming here because theyall thatpeople areimportant more graves. Ithinkit’s really look there’s just more and different. Everywhere you is something completely big itis,butthenseeing youhearabouthow“When MCLEAN BROWN, STUDENT, USA. , THE GERMAN WAR CEMETERY IN YSSELSTEYN

This isthestory ofKlara Von Zitzewitz. PARTNERS & SPONSORS & PARTNERS JURRIAAN DE MOL DE JURRIAAN STOPPELS JOËL NETHERLANDS Rue de Stassart 131 BE 1050 Brussels, +32 (0) 485 136 833 liberationroute.com Netherlands Director [email protected] +31 (0) 6 54388386 manager Project [email protected] +31 (0) 6 36 33 53 70 Newday Offices Newday 30 Jansbuitensingel Arnhem, NL AE, 6811 +31 (0)85-3309090 The Liberation Route Europe has been a Route The Liberation of the Council of Europe” Route “Cultural since 2019 age of18yearsand8months,for thesenselessnessofwar. There, shethoughtaboutherbelovedson,whodiedatthe remembered herson,sometimes for multipledays inarow. end whenKlara learntwhathadhappened to hersonand son haddiedin The Netherlands. The searchcame to an In 1951,information fromtheRed Crossindicated thather answers to thefate ofherson.Unfortunately, to noavail. After thewar ended,Klara Von Zitzewitz started to lookfor After thesebattles,hisparentsneverheardofhimagain. Dutch frontduring thebattlesofOperation Market Garden. Ernst-Jürgen, thesonofKlara Von Zitzewitz, was sentto the many othersremembertheir belovedones. in Ysselsteyn for thelasttime.Itisaplacewheresheand grave ofhersonErnst-Jürgen ontheGerman War Cemetery Klara Von Zitzewitz was 90yearsoldwhenshevisited the The Carillon on abenchthatwas placedtherefor her, Klara rest. Ontheopposite sideofErnst-Jürgen’s grave, where 32,000peoplefound theirlastplaceto day, thecarillon plays amelodyinthecemetery bells, was installed atthecemetery. Sincethat initiative: in1959, thecarillon, consistingof25 contributed to itaswell. Shesucceededinher of Berlin andtheGermangovernmentfinancially clock ofthecarillon herselfandmadesurethecity carillon inthecemetery. Shefinancedthebiggest Ysselsteyn. In1952, Klara hadtheideato install a found hisgrave attheGerman War Cemetery in In the footsteps of the Canadians Battle of the Scheldt Operation Market Garden

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Museum de Casteelse Poort The National Canadian War Memorial Liberation Museum Zeeland The Museum Wings of Liberation The Poles of Driel ― casteelsepoort.nl APELDOORN NIEUWDORP ― bevrijdingsmuseumzeeland.nl ARNEMUIDEN BEST ― wingsofliberation.nl DRIEL ―driel-polen.nl

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Memory Museum Information Centre Canadian War Maczek Memorial War Cemetery Freedom Museum Sunset March NIJVERDAL ― memorymuseum.nl Cemetery Holten BREDA ― maczekmuseum.nl BERGEN OP ZOOM ― cwgc.org GROESBEEK ― freedommuseum.com NIJMEGEN ― sunsetmarch.nl HOLTEN ― canadesebegraafplaatsholten.nl

5 6 5 “The Sunset March showed National Memorial Centre Canadian War Cemetery Het Polderhuis a different and daily level of Camp Westerbork GROESBEEK ― cwgc.org WESTKAPELLE ―polderhuiswestkapelle.nl HOOGHALEN ― kampwesterbork.nl commitment to keeping the 3 memory to WWII alive”

4 MEAGHEN THOMAS, STUDENT, USA. 7 2

Hotel de Wereld 2 WAGENINGEN ― hotel-dewereld.nl 9 8

Others

5 6 10 John Frost Bridge Ginkel Heath & Monument ARNHEM EDE 1 2 3 7 6 11 Atlantikwall Centrum National Monument Oranjehotel German War Cemetery 3 4 HUISDUINEN ― atlantikwall-wadden.nl THE HAGUE ― oranjehotel.org YSSELSTEYN ― joc-ysselsteyn.com 7 9 5 2 1 4 7 8 5 3 1 1 2 7 8

Airborne Museum ‘Hartenstein’ Airborne at the Bridge OOSTERBEEK ― airbornemuseum.nl ARNHEM ― airborneatthebridge.nl 4 5 6

War Museum Overloon War Museum Eyewitness Margraten, NL-US Cemetery OVERLOON ― warmuseum.nl BEEK ― eyewitnesswo2.nl MARGRATEN ― abmc.gov 4 10 9 10

Airborne War Cemetery Information Centre WW2 6 OOSTERBEEK ― cwgc.org NIJMEGEN ― infocentrumwo2.nl 7 8 9 10 3 5 Camp Vught National Memorial Monument Englandspiel Ereveld Loenen War Cemetery Kröller-Müller Museum VUGHT ― nmkampvught.nl THE HAGUE LOENEN ― oorlogsgravenstichting.nl OTTERLO ― krollermuller.nl

6 11 The Casemate Museum “At the Netherlands American Cemetery I visited the grave of John 11 KORNWERDERZAND ― kazemattenmuseum.nl M. Sherry. It puts it into perspective to where it’s not just a number Eerdse Molen and Geronimo Museum VEGHEL ― eerdsemolen.nl anymore, it’s not just a name, it’s a person that had a family and a life and they had to give all that up for us. I found that really touching” TOMMY WILLIAMS, STUDENT, USA