National Monument MH17
The Nationaal Monument MH17 is a memorial in Vijfhuizen , Haarlemmermeer municipality in North Holland for the flight MH17 of the Malaysia Airlines , which was shot down on July 17, 2014 over eastern Ukraine. Since the flight from Schiphol ran with KLM - code sharing was offered, the majority of victims were Dutch.
As many trees ( ash trees , apple trees and linden trees ) were planted on the memorial site for the 298 killed , some of them by the bereaved themselves. The trees are arranged in the shape of a green ribbon. According to the Association of Victim Families, this symbolizes hope and the future. A name tag of a dead person is attached to each tree. The path through the “Memorial Forest” leads to a centrally laid out clearing with an amphitheater under the actual monument - a stainless steel ellipse with the names of all victims. This is directed like an eye on a 16 meter wide and four meter high wall made of rusty steel, which has a circular hole above the steel sculpture. The memorial was created by the sculptor Ronald Westerhuis .
The memorial was inaugurated on July 17, 2017, the third anniversary of the shooting down. Over 2000 relatives, the Dutch royal couple Willem-Alexander and Máxima, and members of the government attended the inauguration . By autumn 2018, at least a quarter of the trees had died for unknown reasons.
Those killed by flight MH17
| Nationalities of the thoughtful | |
|---|---|
| nationality | number |
 Netherlands
|
192 |
 Malaysia
|
43 |
 Australia
|
27 |
 Indonesia
|
12 |
 United Kingdom
|
9 |
 Belgium
|
4th |
 Germany
|
4th |
 Philippines
|
3 |
 Canada
|
1 |
 New Zealand
|
1 |
United Kingdom + South Africa
|
1 |
Netherlands + United States
|
1 |
|
|
On board were 298 people: 283 passengers and 15 Malaysian crew members.
Among the passengers were AIDS researcher Joep Lange , Member of Parliament Willem Witteveen , Australian writer Liam Davison and Malaysian actress Shuba Jaya .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c “MH17 disaster: 298 trees for 298 victims | tagesschau.de”. Accessed July 17, 2017. tagesschau.de .
- ↑ a b c MH17: Netherlands inaugurate memorial for victims - SPIEGEL ONLINE. Retrieved July 18, 2017, from spiegel.de .
- ↑ "Flight MH17: Processing in the Netherlands - 'We will turn every stone'". Accessed July 17, 2017. deutschlandfunk.de .
- ↑ "Anniversary of the attack: Nice mourns the victims of the attack | tagesschau.de". Accessed July 14, 2017. tagesschau.de .
- ↑ spiegel.de: A memorial for MH17.
- ↑ Kwart van bomen in herinneringsbos MH17 dood - NOS. In: nos.nl. Retrieved October 14, 2018 .
- ↑ Malaysia Airlines: Media Statement 2: MH17 Incident. July 18, 2014, accessed July 18, 2014 .
- ↑ IB Times: Malaysia Airline Updated Passenger List: Three Infants Among 298 Dead. July 18, 2014, accessed July 18, 2014 .
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↑ MH17: AIDS conference organizers name six delegates killed in crash. on theguardian.com, July 19, 2014, accessed September 16, 2014.
In memoriam Joep Lange en Jacqueline van Tongeren. / In Memory of Joep Lange and Jacqueline van Tongeren. ( Memento of the original from September 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at aidsfonds.nl, accessed on September 16, 2014. - ↑ Benjamin Dürr, Claus Hecking : "Suddenly everything is so close". In: Spiegel Online . July 18, 2014, accessed July 27, 2014 .
- ^ Victorians among those killed in MH17 crash: Premier. from www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au, July 18, 2014, accessed July 30, 2014.
- ↑ Malaysian actress, Dutch hubby and baby with the MH17. ( Memento of the original from July 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from www.themalaysianinsider.com, July 19, 2014, accessed July 30, 2014.
Coordinates: 52 ° 20 ′ 51.6 " N , 4 ° 41 ′ 12.3" E