Some 900,000 people in the Netherlands were alive on May 5 1945 - DutchNews.nl

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More than 5 percent of the current population in the Netherlands experienced the liberation during the Second World War, the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) has calculated. During the celebration of 80 years of liberation, there are 932,000 people in the Netherlands who experienced the liberation in May 1945 themselves. Not everyone will actually remember those events. Of the more than 900,000 people who were already born then, 423,000 were b…

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On May 5, 2025, the celebration of 80 years of liberation from the occupation in World War II, there will be 932 thousand people living in the Netherlands who experienced the liberation. This is more than 5 percent of the current population. Of these, 423 thousand were 5 years or older at the time.