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Why visit 1945 Dam Square shooting
The 1945 shooting on Dam square took place during the liberation of Amsterdam on 7 May 1945, in the last days of World War II in Europe. German soldiers fired machine guns into a large crowd gathered in Dam Square to celebrate the end of the war, killing over 30 people.
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
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The 1945 shooting on Dam square took place during the liberation of Amsterdam on 7 May 1945, in the last days of World War II in Europe. German soldiers fired machine guns into a large crowd gathered in Dam Square to celebrate the end of the war, killing over 30 people.
“The 1945 shooting on Dam square took place during the liberation of Amsterdam on 7 May 1945, in the last days of World War II in Europe. German soldiers fired machine guns into a large crowd gathered in Dam Square to celebrate the end of the war, killing over 30 people.”
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