The Freedom Museum (Dutch: Vrijheidsmuseum), until September 2019 National Liberation Museum 1944-1945,[1] is a museum in Groesbeek, the museum is about the liberation of the Netherlands at the end of World War II. The museum is located in Groesbeek, close to the German border.
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Bevrijdingsmuseumgroesbeek.jpg/300px-Bevrijdingsmuseumgroesbeek.jpg)
The structure shaped like a parachute was built in remembrance of the Rhineland Offensive (Operation Veritable, Operation Grenade, Operation Blockbuster, Operation Plunder and Operation Varsity)[2] and of the Airdrop of thousands of allied paratroopers on the fields in Groesbeek during Operation Market Garden.
Notes and references
edit- ^ Liberation Museum becomes Freedom Museum, https://freedommuseum.com, 9 July 2019
- ^ Rosendaal, J. (2014). De Bevrijding in Beeld. Van Neerpelt tot Wesel, 1944-1945, Nijmegen, Vantilt, p.6. 9789081450003.
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