From Saturday, April 5 to May 4, 2025, Museum Cobra will present an exhibition on Amstelveen in the Second World War (1940-1945). The exhibition is part of the municipality-wide program ‘Amstelveen celebrates 80 years of freedom’, which this year commemorates the eightieth anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Amstelveen.
Vereniging Historisch Amstelveen (VHA) and the Facebook page ‘Amstelveen during the occupation’ set up this exhibition. The goal is to reach the widest possible audience: from young to old and from born Amstelveeners to newcomers. Everyone is welcome and informed about the history of Amstelveen during this period.
Exhibition
The exhibition highlights various themes and reflects that freedom is not a given. Documents, photographs, objects and film inform visitors about daily life, the German military presence, oppression, resistance, right or wrong, military acts of war, liberation and commemoration. The accompanying texts are bilingual.
Lectures
There will be several lectures on World War II at Museum Cobra during the exhibition:
– Saturday, April 12 (2 p.m.) there will be a presentation by René Kok on the subject of “German units in Amstelveen.
– Saturday, April 19 (2 p.m.) Hans Nauta will give a lecture on the subject: ‘Airfields in North Holland’.
– Sunday, May 4 (2 p.m.) there will be a presentation by Paul Hoogers. He pays attention to various events from the Second World War using film fragments and well-known music from that time.
Celebrating liberation Amstelveen, photo from the archive of René Kok, Vereniging Historisch Amstelveen