Task Force For International Cooperation On Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research

Since the end of World War II, the date of 4 May has been observed in the Netherlands as a day of solemn remembrance. The day commemorates all civilians and soldiers who died in the Kingdom of the Netherlands or anywhere else in the world since the outbreak of World War II in war situations and during peacekeeping operations. This includes the victims of the Holocaust. It is the day before liberation day, 5th May, which marks the 1945 liberation from German occupation.