Eder Dam, Germany - 75th Anniversary Dambuster Raid 2018.
Eder Dam to host international memorial on 75th anniversary
One of the most significant events to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Dams Raid took place at the Eder Dam in Germany on 17 May. This is being organised by the local Dambusters Museum Germany which is run by local historian Herr Oliver Köhler.
The event began at 1100 local time on the wall of the dam, and was attended by local dignitaries and political leaders, and representatives from the embassies of Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the USA and France. The state of Hesse was represented by the Minister of Justice, Ms Eva-Kühne Hörmann.
Forty-seven people died in the Eder valley when the dam was breached on the night of 16/17 May 1943. There was a much larger number of casualties in the Möhne region: 1294 people died, including 749 ‘foreigners’ of whom 493 were Ukranian women labourers, ordered back to their camp for safely when the air raid warnings were sounded.
Fifty-three men from 617 Squadron died during the raid. On 17 May 2018, we will remember them all.
„75. Jahrestag der Zerstörung der Talsperren Eder u. Möhne“
17, Mai Do, 2018 11.00 Uhr
Platz an der Sperrmauer (Westseite)
34549 Edertal-Hemfurth Hessen-Deutschland
Eintritt frei
Internationale Gedenkfeier zu Ehren der Opfer
des 17.Mai 1943 und aller Opfer des Krieges.
National Anthems of Australia, Germany, New Zealand, Great Brittain, France, Canada and USA.
Going Home - David Downes / Antonin Dvorak
Going home, going home
I am going home
Quiet like, some still day
I am going home
It's not far, just close by
Through an open door
Work all done, care laid by
Never fear no more
Mother's there expecting me
Father's waiting too
Lots of faces gathered there
All the friends I knew
I'm just going home
No more fear, no more pain
No more stumbling by the way
No more longing for the day
Going to run no more
Morning star light the way
Restless dreams all gone
Shadows gone, break of day
Real life has begun
There's no break, there's no end
Just living on
Wide awake, with a smile
Going on and on, going on and on
Going home, going home
I am going home
Shadows gone, break of day
Real life has begun
I'm just going home