During the Canon Days on May 25 & 26, museums and other institutions associated with the Canon of the Netherlands organize activities for everyone about Dutch history. The Railway Museum, in collaboration with the After the War Foundation, provides a lecture program around the ‘Second World War’ window. In addition, the Eagle, a key piece of the canon window ‘The first railway line’, is being steamed. View the program here.
Canon days
During the Canon Days, various Dutch museums organize activities that focus on the windows and key pieces from the Canon of the Netherlands. The Railway Museum discusses two canon windows in the museum, the first railway line and the Second World War, and organizes a program around both windows.
Lectures
For the ‘Second World War’ window, the Railway Museum has sought collaboration with the After the War Foundation. With a new generation of speakers they keep the stories of the Second World War alive. Four storytellers give lectures in special places in the museum, such as the dining car De Blauwe Romanian and the royal waiting room. They tell moving stories about the war, where the train often plays an important role. Each lecture lasts a maximum of 1 hour.
Program
Saturday, May 25: Michaja Wiener talks about her grandparents who were betrayed at their hiding place in 1943 and taken to Westerbork.
Saskia Goldschmidt grew up with the war that her father endured and wrote the book ‘Mandatory Happy, portrait of a family’ about it. She bases her story on this book.
Sunday May 26: Daniella Zwaaf shares the search for what happened to her grandfather in the Second World War and how he survived Auschwitz.
Esther Karsch-Spiro compellingly tells the story of her father who survived the war by jumping out of the train. She also makes a link to contemporary society
