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    Die Entfernung von Tafeln zu Ehren schwarzer Soldaten auf dem Friedhof des Zweiten Weltkriegs in den Niederlanden durch die USA löst Gegenreaktionen aus


    Die Entfernung von Tafeln zu Ehren schwarzer Soldaten auf dem Friedhof des Zweiten Weltkriegs in den Niederlanden durch die USA löst Gegenreaktionen aus

    https://apnews.com/article/netherlands-american-cemetery-black-liberators-trump-06d7a64d11a29736e999664054d29419?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

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    3. Adorable-Database187 on

      >Sometime in the spring, the American Battle Monuments Commission, the U.S. government agency responsible for maintaining memorial sites outside of the United States, removed the panels from the visitors center at the American Cemetery in Margraten, the final resting place for roughly 8,300 U.S. soldiers, set in rolling hills near the border with Belgium and Germany.

      >The move came after U.S. President Donald Trump [issued a series of executive orders](https://apnews.com/article/dei-trump-executive-order-diversity-834a241a60ee92722ef2443b62572540) ending diversity, equity and inclusion programs. “Our country will be woke no longer,” Trump said in an address to Congress in March.

      >The removal, carried out without public explanation, has angered Dutch officials, the families of U.S. soldiers and the local residents who honor the American sacrifice by caring for the graves.

    5. trollsmurf on

      „The signs at Margraten are not intended to promote an agenda that criticizes America“

      How do they?

    6. Radiant_Mammoth3412 on

      In protest, the tv program „Even tot hier“ set up an installaties on a nearby field; humorously titled „MAGA haten bij Margraten“, which translates to „Hating MAGA at Margraten“, referencing President Donald Trump’s slogan, “Make America Great Again.”
      The Even tot hier presenters said the title highlights “all discriminatory actions of the Trump administration.”

      In a symbolic tribute, the program arranged hay bales in a nearby field spelling the name of James Jr. The display will remain until the next Google Maps satellite update. “The field belongs to a farmer, and we can do what we like there,” the presenters said.

      https://nltimes.nl/2025/11/23/black-soldiers-panels-margraten-reinstalled-tv-removed-hours-later-police

      ETA: Willy F. James Jr. was a Black soldier who was posthumously awarded the highest American military decoration, the Medal of Honor, in 1997. James Jr. was killed a day after his heroic act in April 1945 and is buried in Margraten.

      https://www.l1nieuws.nl/entertainment/3034981/panelen-zwarte-bevrijders-even-terug-in-maga-haten-dankzij-even-tot-hier

    7. MiTcH_ArTs on

      Presumably, the U.S. do not hold any rights to the surrounding land and would be unable to object to a large commemorative plaque near the entrance of the cemetery

    8. yubnubster on

      It seems like black people fighting in Europe for freedom, at a time when many US states still had legalised apartide, should very much be acknowledged. It shouldn’t be political. Maybe I’m just woke or something too.

    9. WhyArEyouChokin on

      I cannot simply understand how much are those ppl fucked in the head, thanks to those soldiers we don’t speak fucking German and they still do this shit…

    10. Intelligent_Slip_849 on

      Can you sanction us for this?

      (And you know, everything else?)

      Wallets hurting is the only thing that can actually get through to most voters here, depressingly.

    12. Sure-Diet804 on

      Even Africans who fought in WW2 have been totally forgotten and many have no knowledge or history of their contribution.

      This was executive orders signed by a president who him and his family dodge serving in the military and disrespect them at any turn like the Arlington Cemetery photo taking and they see nothing wrong with his actions including the media.

    13. WanderlustZero on

      Nobody: …

      Absolutely nobody at all: …

      The US: Well shit I guess we better persecute black people some more

    15. Sensitive_Double8652 on

      The orange pedo and his maga sycophants are trying to rewrite history, the USA has been well known to write their own versions of events over the years but this is beyond normal, it’s their own version of burning of the books by the Nazis

    16. PanickyFool on

      Am Dutch.

      I cannot think of a single instance where we celebrate or remember a collective action while specifically acknowledging a subgroup based upon their ancestry.

      Frankly it is weird that Americans did this to begin with. I don’t think any EU country would do this. French are French, Germans are Germans, etc.

    20. Willing_Psychology46 on

      That’s abhorrent!!!! These men fought for everything that the US stands for!!! It has nothing to do with „wokism“!! Those men like all the men that fought against fascism and nazism deserve recognition!!!! There was no woke back then!! If the president wants to do away with DEI, he should do it in a different way. People should be hired and recognized for their talents, skills and abilities, no matter what colour, religion, gender, sexual preference or disability!! Once we understand that, we’ll be able to coexist with each other!

    22. Bulky_Honey8643 on

      QUESTION: WHAT KIND OF COUNTRY DOES SUCH A THING?

      Answer: A country run by arseholes

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