Gita
The 14 years old Gita saw it happening for her own eyes, before she hides in a Roman-Catholic Church. Touching is her description in the letter to her niece: "it…
Ton Gräber
Ton Gräber was 19 years old on that day, and member of the scouting. Underneath his report of that day: According an appointment the members of our group gathered in the…
Kees Quant
My mother is number 27 of the list: Antje Moeke, this was her maiden name. She was married with Jan Quant (1929). Her age was 42 years when she passed…
Hauptmann Bergmann
AMSTERDAM, DEN 7. MAI 1945 BERICHT BETRIFFT: VORGÄNGE IN AMSTERDAM IN DER GEGEND ZWISCHEN DAM UND DEM CENTRAL-BAHNHOF AM 7. MAI 1945 Am 7. Mai 1945 gegen 15.00 Uhr bekam…
Klazien Schreuders-Kolk
Klazien Schreuders-Kolk was 17 years old when she witnessed the shooting on the Dam. She was there with her friends. Her brother, in the meantime deceased, found himself on the…
F.C. Poldner
Shooting on the Dam, May 7 1945 Officaly World War II ended at Saturday May 5 1945, but some lost groups of Germans didn't believe that. Also a group of…
C.Woudsma – de Koning
No, it wasn't me that lady behind the lamp post, I was laying behind the right kiosk. Your picture of the shooting on the Dam on May 7 1945 brought…
Mrs. Hemelrijk
We were 17 years old, my twin sister and I. In the evening of May 4 1945 we sat with our family in the house after 'sperrzeit', in the Witte…
Jurrianus Lambertus Stad – Janus
In behalf of De Dam, 7 mei 1945 conversation with Jopie Kamstra-Schnater, at that time the girl next door of Jurrianus Lambertus Stad. Recently she read the article in the…
Tiny van der Hoek
I was 2,5 years old and stood at the corner Nieuwendijk/Dam near the ice cream car were I just had one. Immediately my ice cream fell out of my hand…
Dien Nieuwmeijer
May 7 1945 A dramatic liberation day. A true story, from the memory of a bar woman from Amsterdam: Berendina Annagina Meijer. Born: January 10 1918 in Ontstwedde Married: Octobre…
Fredericus Joseph Budde – Herman
Fredericus Johannes (Frits) Budde and Theodora Maria Sötebeer had three sons and one daughter. One of their sons, Fredericus (Herman) Josephus Budde, married Klasina Kok from Zaandam in 1937. They moved to Zieseniskade 21-2 in November 1944. Freddy died on the Dam on May 7 at 3 pm due to gunshot wounds. He was 29 years old.
J. Nuis
Central Station Amsterdam, May 7 1945 This incident is not very familiar, two days after the liberation two Dutch soldiers were killed by German bullets. Mentioned below is as good…
Geertruida Boelen – Truus
* Amsterdam August 19 1929 † Amsterdam May 7 1945 Geertruida Boelen was only 15 years when she died by bullets at May 7th 1945 on the Dam. Here parents…
Han Hutjes
Han Hutjes (1926) fled with his parents out Arnhem after Operation"Market Garden", they came walking with a wooden chart to Amsterdam. They found shelter by family(Admiraal de Ruyterweg). That family…
Cor Klees
Oostzaan He was 17 years old. Walked on May 7 1945 with two neighbour girls and a neighbor boy from Ransdorp to the Dam to see the allies. Cor found…
Henk Temmink
On May 7 1945 we went with a group of children (between 7 and 14 years old) from the Balistraat via the Plantage to the Dam. I was a little…
Paulus Koning
My husband Paulus Koning was also present at the Dam. First he sat on top of the kiosk, but when the shooting started he fell on the ground of fright.…
Tilly Krone
I was going on the bike to the city centre to take part of the celebration a day after the liberation. My daughter Saskia stayed at home under the care…
Theo Bosma
I was born in 1927. On May 7 1945 I walked through the Kalverstraat and arrived on the Dam, there was a fence with barbed wire and a small passage.…
Kees Jansen
At May 7 1945, there would be held a speech by some high authority at the Dam, who also would welcome the first allied. I wanted to see that and…
Hansey de Maijer
Suddenly it happened. From the Grote Club at the corner of the Dam and the Kalverstraat there was a shooting by Germans who were left behind and who didn't accept…
Piece: unknown whitness
Peace At May 4 in the evening 09:00pm the south part of Amsterdam was raising hell. There was a so-called peace. The people were hunt inside with gun shots. Saturday…
C.B.Hilhorst
May 7 1945 Shooting at the Dam from the Groote Club The Krijtberg Church (St. Franciscus Xaverius) at the Singel in Amsterdam had founded for many years before the war…
The last act of terror
De Spiegel, May 7 1955 On that notorious May 7th I had made an appointment, which will stay with me for the rest of my life. In the disturbance of…
Mrs. Jansen
Herewith I will let you know that I was a witness of the Dam-shooting in 1945. Together with my colleague I went to the Dam. There was no activity. Through…
Photographers present
There were many photographers present at the Dam and surroundings. Several were member of "The hidden Camera" Puck Voute Wiel van der Randen Cas Oorthuys Bertus Haanstra Wil F. Leijns…
C.F. Overhoff
REGIONAL COMMANDER-BATTLE PART-DOMESTIC ARMED FORCES DISTRICT 10 Charge Concerning the incident on the Dam in the centre of the city Amsterdam on May 7 1945 In the afternoon of May…
Hilligje Mastenbroek – Hilligje
* Landsmeer September 7 1924 † Amsterdam May 7 1945 "Here rest our dear daughter and sister Hilligje Mastenbroek 20 year of age. From remembrance of friends and acquaintances." A…
A.G.Goedemans
C.D.R.-C 10-05-1945 Concerning Incident Dam Report N.B.S. Districtreserve Centre, Section 3 Monday, May 7 1945, at 02:45 pm, I was told to report myself and the Section at the Comm.…
J. Versluys
Amsterdam, May 7 1945 I had hidden and joined by the Domestic Armed Forces. On a day we reported us by commander Oosterbeek, I think it was in the Doelenstraat…
A. Kok
On May 7 the Canadians would come at last, so I went to the Dam to greet them. The "Armed Forces" were a disappointment: a few stretcher-bearers, trucks and a…
Antje Quant-Moeke
* Ommen June 21 1902 † Amsterdam May 7 1945 Antje was born in Ommen, daughter of Gerrit Moeke and Hendrina Maria Schröduer. She married in Amsterdam 1929 with Jan…
Elisabeth Wieland-Lacourt – Elisabeth
* Amsterdam April 18 1902 † Amsterdam May 7 1945 Elisabeth Lacourt was the daughter of street organ players Wilhelm Frederik Lacourt and Elisabeth Schuijt. She was married to Hendrik…
Robert van der Hall
I was a child when I was on the Dam with my father. The only thing I remember are the soldiers with their machine-gun on the roof of the Groote…
Willem F. van Breen
I became emotional when I read the column where Tony van der Meulen mentioned the German shooting on the Dam on May 7 1945 in comparison with the incident on…
Gerard Schulte
As a 15 year old boy, I witnessed the shooting on the Dam, May 7th 1945, in the newspaper of tuesday May 7th 2013, attention was paid to the incident.…
Johannes Willem Straatmijer – Johannes
Johannes (Joop) Willem Straatmijer, Hendrik and Anna Geertruida Stradmeijer’s son, had a flower and plant stall at the Lindengracht market, and probably also at the Dam on May 7, 1945. He was 44 when he died that day at 3.15 pm as a result of multiple gunshot wounds. Joop was married to Henriette Catharina Jansen 1905-1977 and they had one son; the family lived at Tweede Nassaustraat 13-1. After her husband’s death, Anna married Evert Johannes Siebers 1901-1952.
Terry Elsten
My parents (87 & 91 years old) were on the Dam when the shooting started. Her life is unintentionally saved by the man who was running behind her in to…
Theo Zonsveld
My mother, she was 18 years old (she never talks about it) was along with her cousin Liesje (Elisabeth de Boer) on the Dam when the shooting started. She pulled…