Theo van Gogh commemorated in Amsterdam 20 years after murder

"I got a call from Ebru Umar. She said: 'There's a rumor that an Amsterdammer was murdered in the Linnaeusstraat. I'm so afraid it's Theo, I'm almost certain.' I immediately turned on the TV. Then I got in the shower and cried and cursed like crazy," says Yoeri Albrecht, director of the Amsterdam debate center De Balie. Yesterday, twenty years after the murder of Theo van Gogh, the discussion there was about the legacy of the filmmaker and colum…

On 2 November 2004, filmmaker and opinion maker Theo van Gogh cycles from his home in Amsterdam to an appointment elsewhere in the city. There he is shot at and cut in two with knives. The striking advocate of freedom of speech dies on the spot on the cycle path. 20 years later, Telegraaf journalists John van den Heuvel and Johan van den Dongen look back on this dramatic event with Wilson Boldewijn.

20 years after Van Gogh: a murder that was not a tragic accident

Twenty years ago, on November 2, 2004, the controversial Dutch writer and filmmaker Theo van Gogh was murdered by Mohammed Bouyeri. In the past two weeks, hypocrisy has been the common denominator on Dutch national television. With some exceptions, the Dutch audience was treated to crocodile tears and numerous empty statements about Van Gogh’s importance. It is a cringing charade that climaxes today in Amsterdam with a public commemoration. Why?…

PVV leader Geert Wilders took to social media on Saturday to reflect on the murder of filmmaker Theo van Gogh, twenty years ago. In an extensive message on X (formerly Twitter), Wilders reflects on the impact this murder and his own criticism of Islam have had on his life. Since 2004, Wilders has been living under heavy security and has been unable to move freely. Nevertheless, he emphasizes that he remains determined in his fight for freedom of…

20 years ago today, columnist, writer and filmmaker Theo van Gogh was brutally murdered in Linnaeus Street by the then 26-year-old Muslim fundamentalist Mohammed Bouyeri. He found that Van Gogh had insulted Islam, partly because of his film Submission, an accusation against misogynistic texts in the Koran. With van Gogh's friends, film producer Gijs van de Westelaken and filmmaker Eddy Terstall, AT5 looks back on that particular November 2. That…

Theo van Gogh commemorated in Amsterdam 20 years after murder

Boulevard By ANP·2 minutes ago·Amended: 1 minute ago RTL Twenty years after the murder of filmmaker Theo van Gogh, there will be commemorations in Amsterdam on Saturday. On November 2, 2004, the director and opinion maker was murdered in broad daylight by Mohammed B. in the Linnaeusstraat in Amsterdam East. There are meetings at the site of the murder, in the Oosterpark and in De Balie, among other places. The commemoration in De Balie is org…