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Remembrance of the Dead Municipality of Nijmegen

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On May 4 we commemorate the dead in Nijmegen on the Keizer Traianusplein. We do this together with the whole of the Netherlands at 8 p.m. Before the clock strikes eight, there are a number of local commemorations in Nijmegen.

6 p.m.: Kitty the Wise place, commemoration of the Jewish victims from Nijmegen, with reading of the names of all Jewish victims.

7 p.m.: Memorial Service St Stevenskerk, with a welcome speech by Mayor Hubert Bruls and a recital by Professor Han van Krieken - Rector magnificus of Radboud University. Pupils of primary school de Buut read poems created by themselves.

7:40 p.m.: Departure of Silent March from St. Steven's Church to Trajan Square.

7:55 p.m.: Commencement commemoration Trajan Square.

8 p.m.: 2 minutes of silence, followed by a speech by Bruls and wreath laying.

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Times

6 p.m.

Address

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You can contact us at the Infocentre WW2 Nijmegen,
Ridderstraat 27
6511 TM Nijmegen
024-2200102
welkom@infocentrumwo2.nl

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