On Saturday 7 September, the Airborne Walk will start, the world’s largest one-day commemorative walk. This walk in the context of the Battle of Arnhem 1944 takes place every year…
Presentation of the poetry collection ‘Madness of War’
At the presentation of the poetry collection ‘Madness of War’, the first copy was received by Mrs. Joanna Roper, the ambassador of the United Kingdom in the Netherlands. Inspired by…
Official start of the Airborne 80 years project and the Airborne commemoration month
Last Friday, September 1, the Airborne Commemoration Month was launched at the Airborne Museum in Oosterbeek. This was also the moment that the Airborne 80 years collection was officially launched,…
Launch of special Airborne 80 years Collection auction website
From September 1st, our special auction website went live, where the original paintings from the Airborne 80 years collection will be auctioned for various charities. The first painting to be…
‘I was struck by a painting’
Mieke Mintjes writes poetry collection ‘Madness of war’ Following the 80th commemoration of Operation Market Garden, Renkum artist Albert Ziëck was commissioned to make 30 paintings as part of Miraculous…
The Battle of Arnhem takes centre stage in thirty paintings by Albert Ziëck
Artist Albert Ziëck has created thirty paintings especially for eighty years of Airborne. The works of art will be sold and donated to charities from June 1. They can also…
Newspaper article (Gelderlander): Airborne Collection
Albert wants to get people thinking about the Battle of Arnhem: ‘Memory of the war must remain alive’ What happened in the Second World War should not be forgotten, according…