The 80th commemoration of the bombarding of Nijmegen in 1944, was held in the city by Ana Fernandez / SOPA Images
The Bombing of Nijmegen was an unplanned bombing attack by American aircraft on the city of Nijmegen in The Netherlands on 22 February 1944. Every February 22nd an official commemoration takes place at the Raadhuishof, the location where the Montessori school was located, and where 24 children and 8 sisters were killed. There a monument called "De Schommel" was erected to remember the raid's civilian casualties.
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