(Nederlands) Eerbetoon aan Poolse parachutisten in gemeentehuis Arnhem
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Jan van Welie
Film musical ‘Bring my love to Poland’
Saturday evening, 25th November 2023, 7 p.m. Last year, the Stichting Music Herveld successfully staged the musical Bring my love to Poland. During the Second World War, Polish paratroopers played an important role for the village of Driel. The story …
September 2023: 79th commemoration Polish Square, Driel
Thursday 14th September 2023 > Football match between 6th Airborne Brigade and RKSV Driel Friday 15th September 2023 > Laying flowers at Oosterbeek cemetery by school students of De Meeuwenberg > Rededication grave Edward Morchonowicz > Welcome speech by Ambassador …
Ukrainian Ambassador at Driel Airborne commemoration
The Airborne commemoration in Driel can count on the presence of a special guest. Besides the Ambassadors of Poland, Great Britain, Canada, United States and Australia, the Ukrainian Ambassador will also be present this year. Arno Baltussen, chairman of the …
Program 2023
Program 2023
6th Airborne Brigade plays against RKSV Driel
On Thursday 14th September at 7 p.m., the football match between the 6th Airborne brigade’s team against RKSV Driel will be played on RKSV Driel’s sports park. Entrance is free.
Bolek Ostrowski celebrates his 104th birthday
DRIEL – They are elderly and can only be counted on a few hands: veterans who fought as soldiers during Operation Market Garden. Of the 1003 Polish paratroopers who landed in Driel in September 1944, only one remains. Bolek Ostrowski …
Reading by Driel-Poland Foundation
The Driel-Poland Foundation presents a reading on 9th June at 8 p.m. on the horrors the 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade had to endure and their battle in and around Driel. The impact of WW2 for the Poles During the …
Poland thanks Driel for enduring friendship
“We have come here to thank you for your open and cordial attitude – for cherishing and spreading the grateful memory of the Polish liberators. This is how ties of international friendship, Polish-Dutch friendship, are built and strengthened. We really …
Guest book vandalised
Dear culprit(s), How wrong was your action this weekend to vandalize our guestbook with both painful and sad words and the symbol of Nazi evil! Twice you wrote the swearword ‘cancer’ in capital letters. Did you know that only a …