Memories of Liberation in the Netherlands, 1945

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Memories of Liberation in the Netherlands, 1945

by Ingrid Hamster ‘Opa Apeldoorn’, as he was referred to by us, with his five oldest grand children in 1952. I am the little one. May 5th, 2025, marks the 80th anniversary of Liberation Day in the Netherlands, when Canadian troops freed the Dutch from Nazi occupation. I was listening to CBC’s Nahlah Ayed’s WWII special about this day, when I received a text from my Almonte friend George Bedard: “Thinking of you and your Grandfather this weekend”…