For more detailed information on the program of the 3rd Commemoration of the Schiphol Fire, see the Dutch version

Together.
Remember the dead.
Create new life.

The survivors are welcomed with coffee in the blue room of the Nicolaaskerk in Amsterdam by Theo Beussink. Today we commemorate our eleven killed friends by visiting the eleven wooden columns close to the fence of the Schiphol East prison complex.

Address Schiphol East:

Ten Pol 64
Oude Meer 64
1438 AJ

Participants either come by car or take the train to NS Station Schiphol. The meeting point is at Delifrance on Schiphol Plaza where participants are pointed to transportation towards Schiphol East.

Three party tents are set up to shelter from the rain.
‘Theaterstraat’ takes care of light and podium.
Warm food and drinks are provided by ‘Rampenplan.’

The program starts at 2 pm.

At 7 pm there is a sober gathering at the Hoofdvaartkerk in Hoofddorp where, among others, mayor Theo Weterings will speak. After this gathering a bus will go to Schiphol East to hand over earth. This bus drives back to Schiphol Plaza around half past ten at night.

At 8 pm three Linden trees (Tilia cordata) will be planted in the grass of the eleven people that did not survive.

We will continue till we finish our rituals, our art, and our connections.

We thank all the volunteers and artists that helped us organize this occasion.

Mary-Ann and Noury have made a mobile collecting-box where people are able to donate financially or personal letters to the absent. Including Miloud Fritass, Ahmed Isa and all the others we were not able to trace as of yet.

Additionally, we would like to give our solidary greetings to the people inside the prison complex and warn them that they are not safe there…

We ask participants, spectators and the press to embrace this ceremonial art project with respect and to avoid unnecessary disturbance. The authorities are informed and did not set conditions for this occasion.  We ask the police and marechaussee only to approach the survivors without uniform. Politicians are invited to make apologies and to acknowledge this with a handshake.

We would like to thank Jan Pronk and other members of the ‘Comite van Aanbeveling’ for their support and former mayor Ed van Thijn for his much appreciated advice.

You can participate on the Internet as well. Sound and images are streamed from M2M Radio.

The united survivors and M2M Radio would like to thank ‘Het Blauwe Huis’ for their hospitality.

Miloud Fritass is not allowed to be be with us today. Tuesday Jo van der Spek and Co van Melle will visit him in the Lelystad prison.