Boy Lodewijk
Hereby my story, possibly I complete it later on, and if you have any questions I will answer them as good as I can. I have never done any research or if I can find further information, except the NIOD… (READ MORE)
J.M.J. Coesel
J.M.J. Coesel was an amateur photographer who happened to take this picture. Many people believe that this shows the cause of the shooting spree on Dam Square. There is also a movie, showing the two Germans being taken away by… (READ MORE)
Hamish Taite and May 7th 1945
Two days after the peace negotiations in Wageningen, the first Allied forces reached the capital. In the evening after the tragic shootings around Dam Square and Central Station, the German Ortskommandant surrendered and gave his authority to the commander of… (READ MORE)
Radio speech Prins Bernhard. May 7 1945
After the signing of the capitulation at Wageningen, Prins Bernhard, Commander of Chief of the Domestic Armed Forces held the following speech for the liberated country: Fellow Countrymen! The hour of your liberation has come. The enemy has layed down the… (READ MORE)
Clasina Byers
My name is Clasina and I was 9 years old when my mother and I stood at the Dam. The Salvation Army was in front of the Palace, also the underground people. When I looked up to the other building… (READ MORE)
Kryn Taconis
Krijn Taconis (Rotterdam, 1918 – Canada, 1979) was a Dutch photographer. He was the first Dutchman who became member of the Magnum-photo agency. Taconis made his first pictures during World War II, he made false documents for the resistance. He… (READ MORE)
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M.S. Oxley
On May 7, 1945, a shooting incident in Amsterdam between armed German soldiers and the N.B.S. resulted in 22 civilian deaths and 125 injuries. Firing began with unknown shots at the Dam square. Major Overhoff of the N.B.S. played a key role in restoring order, risking his life to prevent further casualties.
Maria Nella Jager-van Hooff – Mies
* Gestel July 1, 1916 † Amsterdam May 7, 1945 Maria Nella van Hooff, correspondent, died on the consequences of bullet wounds on May 7 1945 at 03:00PM at the Dam, 28 years old. She was born in Gestel (now Eindhoven) as… (READ MORE)
Hendrina Louise Koper-Frank – Hendrina
* Amsterdam April 22 1915 † Amsterdam May 8 1945 Hendrina Louise Frank died in the night of May 7 to 8 1945 on the consequences of bullet wounds, caught during the shooting on the Dam. She was married with Cornelis Koper. Together they… (READ MORE)
Scouts at the Dam
In the television broadcast Na de Bevrijding (After the Liberation) of February 14 2014 with the title “Lost Youth”, there was a review of May 7 1945 at the Dam about the role of the scouting. The ‘Dunnewoldgroup’ was under the command of Scoutmaster B.O. van den… (READ MORE)
Henk de Brueijs
At the end of the war, Henk (*1940) was living in the Driehoekstraat, located in the “Jordaan” one of the typical Amsterdam living quarters, near to the Willemsstraat and at a 40 minutes walking distance from the Dam. On that… (READ MORE)
J. W. Hofman
Selection of photo’s, made by J. W. Hofman, made before the shooting started: Arrest of german soldiers at the NieuweZijds Voorburgwal. After the shooting: At the Dam, corner Eggertstraat.
John Kars
I had taken my three little brothers with me to the dam, which was only a few minutes away from our home on the corner of the Oude Hoogstraat en Kloveniersburgwal. At the time there was a small park in… (READ MORE)
Rika Overdijk – Rita
Rika Overdijk was only 12 years old when she was killed on the Dam by bullets on May 7 at 3 pm. She was the only child of an electrician named Dirk Overdijk (1902-1977) and his wife Rimkien Ossel (born 1901). The family lived at Barentszstraat 32 on the third floor.
Willem Theodorus Schermacher – Willem
* Amsterdam October 11 1879 † Amsterdam May 7 1945 Willem died at age 65 on May 7, 1945 at 3 pm of shots that perforated his lungs. He was buried on May 11 at the “Nieuwe Ooster” cemetery. Willem… (READ MORE)
Petrus Hendricus Antonius Hutjes – Han
* Den Haag November 1925 † Amsterdam May 7 1945 Han was an only child, his parents were Adam Bernardus Hutjes (1898-1975) and Elisabeth Catharina Maria Verbeek (1897-1989). During Operation Market Garden the family fled from Arnhem and was registered by… (READ MORE)
J. G. Salm
Sent in by J.G. Salm to the Oud-Amsterdammer:februari 2014 I had just turned 3 and my mother wanted to go see the Canadians. My father didn’t feel like going. She went into town with an elderly neighbor who also wanted… (READ MORE)
Wilf and Margriet Gildersleeve
Canadian soldier Wilf Gildersleeve had been a radio signaler, starting in Sicily in 1943. During the liberation of Holland in 1945, he was a platoon commander in the Seaforth Highlanders. In 1945, Margriet Blaisse was a young woman living in… (READ MORE)
Aaltje Scheffer-Smorenberg – Aaltje
Aaltje’s parents were Arie Smorenberg and Maartje Blokker. Arie Smorenberg (1891-1955) was born in Alkmaar into a family of 10 children all born between 1888-1905.
The family lived for 35 years above the barbershop of Aaltje’s father at Kadijksplein 8.
Sophia Frederika Mathilda Vermeulen-de Vries – Sophia
* Amsterdam November 21 1892 † Amsterdam May 9 1945 Sophia Frederika Mathilda de Vries died, 52 years old, at May 9th 1945 at 11:15pm by bullet wounds. The documents indicate cause off death: ‘bullet wounds’ and lung embolism by a… (READ MORE)
Willem de Leeuw – Wim
Wim died at 15.15 hours after been shot, shortly before his 14th birthday. He was buried at the Noorderbegraafplaats, his grave is gone.
Frans Johannes Feller – Frans
Belfeld February 2 1927 – Amsterdam May 7 1945 Frans Johannes Feller was only 18 years old. He died, after being shot at the Dam, in the Binnengasthuis, several hours later at 08:30pm. The death certificate mentioned bullet wounds and… (READ MORE)
Elisabeth de Boer – Bep
* Amsterdam October 28 1928 † Amsterdam May 8 1945 Elisabeth de Boer’s medical certificate of death states that she died on 8 May 1945 at 10 am. Cause of death: Gunshot Wound to the Stomach, Fourteen Perforations of the Intestines…. (READ MORE)
Johannes Bobeldijk – Joop
* Amsterdam, January 9 1901 † Amsterdam, May 7 1945 Johannes Bobeldijk, heating stoker, died on May 7, 1945 at 4:00PM of a gunshot wound in the stomach and perforated intestines. He was the eldest son of diamond worker Johannes… (READ MORE)
Johannes Jan Ooms – Hans
Harlingen May 11 1928 – Amsterdam May 7 1945 Johannes Jan (Hans) Ooms,named after his father, was born on May 11 1928 in Harlingen. He is a son of Johannes Jan Ooms and Antonia Helena de Klerk. The family lived at… (READ MORE)
Pieter Hendrik Diekmeijer – Henk
* Muiden December 18, 1898 † Amsterdam May 7, 1945 Pieter Hendrik Diekmeijer and Johanna Maria Wajon had five children. One of them was Pieter Hendrik Diekmeijer who got married in Amersfoort on April 2, 1931 to Margaretha van Noordt,… (READ MORE)
Hendrikus Willemsen – Henk
My father Louis Willemsen walked that day with my mother, Johanna Barendsma, through town, celebrating and met uncle Henk with his daughter (as far as I remember the so many times told story). Just a while later, he was shot in presence of his child, at the Dam.
Jan Goede – Jan
* Landsmeer 2 June 1876 † Amsterdam 7 May 1945 Jan Goede was born in Landsmeer on June 2, 1876. He died, 68 years old, on May 7, 1945 on the Dam when German Kriegsmariners started shooting from the Groote Club into… (READ MORE)
Mr. G. van Hall
The week before the liberation it was suddenly very quiet in our town Laren-Blaricum. The days before we heard constant gunshots, but it suddenly stopped from one day to the next. We understood that something was going on but what… (READ MORE)
Dolly van Emden-Smit
From the beginning she was present, has experiences everything, all is engraved in her memories. “The Dam was filling up with people, party-time, liberation. The Germans had to go. Everybody was on the streets, calling and shouting. We called: ‘Away… (READ MORE)
Everdina Johanna Buddingh-van der Flier – Dien
* Amsterdam 18 September 1917 † Amsterdam 22 June 1945 Dien’s parents owned a bakery at Haarlemmerdijk 138 in Amsterdam. They had six children, three sons and three daughters, Dien was their eldest daughter. On October 13, 1943 she married Willem… (READ MORE)
Petrus Antonius Joseph van Dam – Petrus
* September 17 1877 † Amsterdam May 7 1945 Petrus Antonius Joseph van Dam was born in Gouda, September 17 1877 as a son of Dirk van Dam and Adriana Veerman. He married in 1901 with Johanna den Riet. In… (READ MORE)
Gerardus Bernardus Cornelisse – Gerrie
* Amsterdam May 25 1936 † Amsterdam May 7 1945 Gerardus Bernardus (Gerrie) Cornelisse was born May 25 1936 as the youngest son of Jan Cornelisse and Catharina Wilhelmina (Catrien) Visser. He died shortly before his ninth birthday on May 7… (READ MORE)
Willem Cieraad – Willem
* Zwolle 30 Juni 1896 † Amsterdam, may 8 1945 Willem, the son of Piet Cieraad and Gerritdiena Hermina Arends, was born in Zwolle on 30 June 1896. On 9 August 1923 he married the 21 year old Antje Smit… (READ MORE)
Arnoldus Petrus Stroop – Nol
* March 16, 1905 Oosterhout † May 7 1945 Nol, a ground worker, son of Cornelis Hermanus Stroop and Antonia Jacoba Koreman, married Pieternella Marsman in Amsterdam on May 11, 1933. He died May 7, 1945 at 4 pm as… (READ MORE)
Johannes Wilhelmus Saelman – Jan
* Amsterdam August 22 1881 † Amsterdam May 7 1945 Johannes Wilhelmus Saelman was born Amsterdam August 22nd 1881 as one of eight children of Joseph Frederik Saelman and Johanna Maria Feijen. His profession was smith, just as his father… (READ MORE)
Willem van den Boogaard – Wim
Willem van den Boogaard was member of the Domestic Armed Forces group B. They were on May 7 1945 on duty at fences on the Dam, when suddenly around 03:00pm a shooting started from the building of the Groote Club.
Wilhelmus Petrus Bakker – Willem
* Amsterdam, August 21 1900 † Amsterdam, May 8 1945 On April 5, 1931 Willem Bakker married Trijntje (Truus) Kint in Amsterdam. They did not have any children. On Willem’s death certificate the cause of death is listed as a gunshot… (READ MORE)
Mrs. Bense
Mrs E.J.B.M. Sneeboer-Bense *1904 †1987 Mrs B. Sneeboer-Bense had heard that her husband, who was employed in Germany, was on his way home, she looked out for him in town. At the Dam she was present during the shooting. Unknown is… (READ MORE)