May 4, 2019 - Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands - On May 4th in Nijmegen, several ceremonies remember the victims during the WWII. Mayor of Nijmegen Hubert Bruls unveiled a plaque with an honorary list of the fallen soldiers of the Second World War on Plein 1944 square. After that, the commemorations took place at the ''Kitty de Wijze'', a monument that it has become the symbol of the Jewish in Nijmegen who were deported and never come back. Then from St. Stephen's Church a silent procession took the streets to the ''Keizer Traianusplein'', where two  monuments in remember of the victims of the WWII stand up. The official ceremony started with two minutes of silence, after that, Mayor of Nijmegen Hubert Bruls, gave a speech remembering the victims and the facts happened during the war. The Netherlands is the only country in Europe that commemorates the victims of the Second World War and celebrates its liberation on two separate but consecutive days. On 4 May they remember the Dutch victims of wartime, and on May 5th is the day that they celebrate their freedom. (Credit Image: © Romy Arroyo Fernandez/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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