Attend a commemoration ceremony
Throughout the year there are commemoration ceremonies in The Hague for victims of war and people who fought for freedom. Check to see where and when in the city you can attend a commemoration ceremony.
Commemoration ceremony 27 January
| Ceremony: | International Holocaust Remembrance Day The Hague |
| Commemorates: | all victims of the Second World War |
| Location: | Peace Palace |
| More information: | ihrd-thehague.org |
Commemoration ceremony 3 March
| Ceremony: | Accidental bombardment of Bezuidenhout |
| Commemorates: | the accidental bombing by the British air force on 3 March 1945 with more than 550 casualties |
| Location: | Juliana van Stolberg monument (Koningin Marialaan) |
| More information: | www.bezuidenhout.nl |
Commemoration ceremony April/May
| Ceremony: | Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day |
| Commemorates: | the victims of the Holocaust, and the heroism of survivors and rescuers |
| Location: | Jewish children's monument, Rabbijn Maarsenplein |
| More information: | www.jomhasjoadenhaag.weebly.com |
Commemoration ceremonies 4 May
On 4 May Dutch victims of the Second World War are remembered together with Dutch victims of other conflicts, wars and peacekeeping missions which have taken place since the outbreak of the Second World War in the Netherlands. The commemoration ceremonies take place at various locations in the city.
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Ceremony: Den Haag Herdenkt Commemorates: the victims of the Second World War Location: the Grote Kerk More information: huisvoordestad-denhaag.nl Ceremony: Commemoration of the List of Honour of the Fallen Commemorates: Dutch servicemen and resistance fighters who were killed in the Second World War Location: Hall of the Tweede Kamer building (Binnenhof 1a) More information: www.erelijst.nl Ceremony: Nieuwspoort remembrance ceremony Commemorates: all fallen journalists, printers and couriers Location: Nieuwspoort, next to the Lange Poten entrance More information: www.nieuwspoort.nl Ceremony: Englandspiel monument Commemorates: the 54 captured resistance agents in the Englandspiel. During the Second World War the Sicherheitsdienst was based in the white house behind the monument Location: Hogeweg (Van Stolkpark) More information: Stichting Nationale Herdenking ’s-Gravenhage Ceremony: Ceremony at Jewish Monument Commemorates: Jews from The Hague who were deported and murdered during the Second World War Location: Rabbijn Maarsenplein More information: Vereniging Ceremonies Joods Monument Den Haag Ceremony: Parallelweg memorial site Commemorates: the 12 Dutch prisoners from the Oranjehotel shot by the Germans in revenge on 31 March 1945 Location: Parallelweg, by Hollands Spoor train station More information: Stichting Nationale Herdenking ’s-Gravenhage Ceremony: Hague Memorial Monument 1940-1945 Commemorates: all victims of the Second World War Location: Carnegieplein More information: Stichting Nationale Herdenking ’s-Gravenhage Ceremony: International Gay Rights Monument Commemorates: all LGBT people in the world who have been persecuted or oppressed because of their homosexuality Location: Koekamp, Laan van Reagan en Gorbatsjov More information: ihdh.nl Ceremony: Sinti and Roma monument Commemorates: the 112 Sinti and Roma people who were deported from The Hague on 16 May 1944. Location: Vondelstraat (on the square) More information: tracesofwar.com -
Ceremony Forced Labourers Monument by the Provinciehuis Commemorates: the spot where forced labourers in The Hague were assembled to be transported to Germany Location: inner courtyard of the Provinciehuis, Zuid-Hollandplein 1 More information: Stichting Nationale Herdenking ’s-Gravenhage -
Ceremony: Trekvlietplein commemoration Commemorates: the fallen municipal employees who during the Second World War worked in administration, sanitation services and former utility companies Location: Trekvlietplein, park next to Trekvlietplein 19 More information: Stichting Nationale Herdenking ’s-Gravenhage Ceremony: De Wissel memorial stone Commemorates: all victims of military violence Location: Van Meursstraat 1, Kerk De Oase More information: can be requested at De Wissel neighbourhood centre -
Ceremony: Parnassia Groep War Monument Commemorates: the 251 Jewish patients and Jewish people in hiding who stayed at the Rosenburg and Bloemendaal Foundations during the Second World War. Most of them were sent to concentration camps at Sobibor and Auschwitz Location: Albardastraat by the Parnassia Groep monument More information: www.parnassiagroep.nl Ceremony: Liberation of The Hague by the First Canadian Army Commemorates: the struggle by the Canadians and the more than 8,000 people who perished in the fight for our freedom Location: Savornin Lohmanplein Ceremony: Monument for the Stijkel Group Commemorates: Dutch resistance group De Stijkel Group. 33 executed members were re-interred in this cemetery in 1947 and wooden crosses were placed for 10 victims whose corpses were never found Location: Westduin cemetery, Ockenburghstraat More information: Stichting Nationale Herdenking ’s-Gravenhage Ceremony: Liberation monument in Loosduinen Commemorates: the 24 resistance fighters from Loosduinen who died during the Second World War Location: Loosduinse Hoofdplein by the bell tower More information: Stichting Nationale Herdenking ’s-Gravenhage -
Ceremony: The Dutch East Indies Memorial Commemorates: the approximately 161 soldiers from The Hague who died in the struggle in the Dutch East Indies between 1945 and 1950 Location: Corner of the Ver-Huëllweg and the Professor B.M. Teldersweg More information: www.4en5mei.nl Ceremony: Monument on the Tesselseplein in Scheveningen Commemorates: the residents of Scheveningen and the events in the Duindorp neighbourhood during the German occupation and after the liberation Location: Tesselseplein More information: www.schev.nl/4-mei-dodenherdenking-scheveningen Ceremony: Waalsdorpervlakte Commemorates: the more than 500 people executed by the German occupiers on the Waalsdorpervlakte Location: Waalsdorpervlakte execution site More information: www.erepeloton.nl Ceremony: National Children's Memorial Service Commemorates: the victims of the Second World War and others who were killed in war situations and during peace missions Location: George Maduroplein, Madurodam More information: www.nationalekinderherdenking.nl -
Ceremony: Plaque for V2 victims in Heesterbuurt and surroundings Commemorates: the 27 civilians killed when a V2 missile crashed immediately after launch on 1 January 1945 Location: Corner of Indigostraat/Kamperfoeliestraat More information: www.wijkberaadheesterbuurt.nl
Commemoration ceremony 5 May
| Ceremony: | National celebration of Liberation Day |
| Commemorates: | the liberation of the Netherlands from German occupation (1940-1945) |
| Location: | Malieveld |
| More information: | www.bevrijdingsfestivaldenhaag.nl |
Commemoration ceremony 8 May
| Ceremony: | Commemoration of the liberation of The Hague by the Princess Irene Brigade |
| Commemorates: | the liberation of The Hague by the Princess Irene Brigade on 8 May 1945 |
| Location: | plaque on the Grote of St. Jacobskerk, Rond de Grote Kerk 12 |
| More information: | The commemoration is held every year on 8 May at 11.00 hrs. |
Commemoration ceremonies 10 May
| Ceremony: | Monument for the Grenadiers and Rifles Guards Regiment |
| Commemorates: | the German attack on Ypenburg Airport. More than 500 Dutch soldiers were killed in and around The Hague. 208 were members of the Grenadiers and Rifles Guards Regiment |
| Location: | Ypenburg, Böttgerwater |
| More information: | www.defensie.nl |
| Ceremony: | Ypenburg Memorial Service |
| Commemorates: | the Battle for Ypenburg Airport on 10 May 1940. Some 100 Dutch soldiers died during the battle |
| Location: | Ilsyplantsoen 1 (the former Ypenburg Airport) |
| More information: | www.herdenking.historischypenburg.nl |
| Ceremony: | Commemoration at Military Cemetery in The Hague |
| Commemorates: | the Battle for The Hague. At least 546 Dutch soldiers were killed in the battle |
| Location: | Cemetery, Kerkhoflaan 12 |
| More information: | www.oorlogsgravendenhaag.com |
Commemoration ceremony 15 August
| Ceremony: | National commemoration of 15 August 1945 |
| Commemorates: | all victims of the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies and the direct consequences of this |
| Location: | Dutch East Indies Monument on the Prof. Teldersweg |
| More information: | 15augustus1945.nl |
Commemoration ceremony in September
| Ceremony: | Remembrance ceremony at National Monument Oranjehotel |
| Commemorates: | the Oranjehotel, the Scheveningen prison during the Second World War. The Germans imprisoned more than 25,000 people here |
| Location: | National Monument Oranjehotel, Van Alkemadelaan 1258 |
| More information: | www.oranjehotel.org |
Published: 30 April 2021Modified: 3 May 2022