NOS 75 years of liberation

Every week in this newsletter we collect articles that we make for our special site around 75 years of liberation in the Netherlands.

Previous issues

We'll meet again

#53 Sep 6, 2020

Exceptional video from the Dutch Indies

#52 Aug 30, 2020

Japan surrenders

#51 Aug 23, 2020

#50

Aug 16, 2020

'The city of Nagasaki was gone' – Japan is hit dubbel this week. The attacks on Hiroshima and three days later on Nagasaki have always
#49

Aug 9, 2020

Shadow of victory: Hiroshima
#48

Aug 2, 2020

Mokusatsu – Our 48th newsletter starts with a translation error that lead to the atomic attack on Japan. Also, we
#47

Jul 26, 2020

Sorrow for Anne, relief for Sieg – A picture that traveled halfway across the world meant salvation for Sieg Monday. A diary that remain
#46

Jul 19, 2020

Artist as soldier – There is a remarkable amount of art stories in the 48th issue of our newsletter. We also recap the un
#45

Jul 12, 2020

Worthless banknotes, rolled up Night's Watch – A cigar lit with a hundred guilder bill might be one of the most iconic images on our site this week.
#44

Jul 5, 2020

'Amsterdam knows nothing of Sobibor' – Three days of celebrations in Amsterdam. The city commemorates its liberation. It stands in shrill co
#43

Jun 28, 2020

Jewish traitor, Jewish saviors – The complex story of Ans van Dijk shows the difficulty of judging the morality of someone's actions d
#42

Jun 21, 2020

No warm welcome – Not everyone who returned to the Netherlands was given a warm welcome: forced laborers and prisoners
#41

Jun 14, 2020

The entire country is finally liberated – Schiermonnikoog is a special footnote in the history of the war: the last remaining German hideout. U
#40

Jun 7, 2020

Returning home – It's the 40th newsletter this week, with an emotional reunion and heart-breaking losses. In addition,
#39

May 31, 2020

The damage becomes clear – Since there was an error in the hyperlinks, we have decided to resend this edition. Our apologies. “S
#38

May 24, 2020

Comings and goings – The end of the war means the start of an enormous logistic operation: former prisoners return to the
#37

May 17, 2020

Aftermath – In the 37th issue of our newsletter we see how the Netherlands is slowly trying to resume normal life
#36

May 10, 2020

LIBERATED!
#35

May 3, 2020

Manna from heaven – Hitler is dead, and so is Mussolini. Nazi-Germany is split in two now the Americans met up with the R
#34

Apr 26, 2020

The terrors of the camps – The closer we get to the end of the war, the more poignant the stories about those who didn't live to

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