Field of Honour Full of Life is a commemoration that can be held on many different locations. On this page you can see a couple examples of places where the commemoration has already taken place.
Loenen Field of Honour, The Netherlands
The commemoration Field of Honour Full of Life took place from 2015 to 2018 at the Loenen Field of Honour in The Netherlands. Over 3.900 victims of war are buried at this Field of Honour. The people buried here have lost there lives in many different places and circumstances. They consist of soldiers, citizens, resistance fighters, 'Engelandvaarders', reprisal victims, forced laborers but also victims of the police actions in Indonesia and victims from recent peace missions. Click here to see a trailer of the commemoration Field of Honour Full of Life at Loenen Field Of Honour (dutch).
If you're interested to find out if you know somebody that has been buried at one of the Fields of Honour in The Netherlands you can use the link below to search through the register of the Oorlogsgravenstichting of The Netherlands (sadly their website is not yet translated in English).
https://oorlogsgravenstichting.nl/zoeken
Field of Honour Java, Indonesia
At the initiative of Nathalie Toisuta, one of the two initiators of Ereveld Vol Leven, a commemoration in the style of Field of Honour Full of Life took place in 2017 in Indonesia. Nathalie Toisuta herself is from Moluccan origin and always wondered why, during the commemoration on the 5th of May, there was never attention for the Dutch who lost their lives during the war in the former Dutch East Indies. The official commemoration is at the 15th of August but during the 4th of may The Netherlands is supposed to commemorates all the victims of war. That is why she decided to give attention to these victims and their relatives during the 2017 Field of Honour Full of Life commemoration. This led to the placing of 7 crosses at the Loenen Field of Honour. 7 crosses which represent the 7 fields of honour in Indonesia.
If you're interested to find out if you know somebody that has been buried at one of the Fields of Honour in The Netherlands you can use the link below to search through the register of the Oorlogsgravenstichting of The Netherlands (sadly their website is not yet translated in English).
This picture was taken at the Dutch Honorary Cemetry Bloemendaal
This picture was taken at the Field of Honour in Java
Dutch Honorary Cemetery Bloemendaal
The Dutch Honorary Cemetery Bloemendaal was also part of the Field of Honour Full of Life commemoration. Only resistance fighters are buried at this particular cemetery. Among which Hannie Schaft, one of the most well-known members of the resistance of The Netherlands. Click here to read more about her story.
There are also a lot of students who joined the resistance buried at Bloemendaal. A large number of students were executed in the surrounding dunes. A special commemoration was held in their honour. Three students represented their peers. Click here for a reportage of this commemoration (dutch).
In this documentary (dutch) of Field of Honour Full of Life 2018, which was broadcast on RTL4, a lot of attention is given to this particular Cementery.
This picture was taken at the Dutch Honorary Cemetery Bloemendaal. The cast and crew of the very popular musical Soldaat van Oranje (Soldier of Orange) visited the cemetery for the documentary 'Field of Honour Full of Life 2018', broadcast on RTL4.
Ysselsteyn German War Cemetery
A special commemoration, inspired by Field of Honour Full of Life, took place on the German War Cemetery in Ysselsteyn, The Netherlands. This is a cemetery where 32.000 Germans are buried. During the end of October 2017 there was a conference in which nine Foundation for War Burials from different countries partook. They wanted to get an impression of this new way of commemorating. It can be very complex to organise a Field of Honour Full of Life commemoration for the perpetrators. This is because in essence a Field of Honour is a place where you honour people for what they've done. As there are only perpetrators buried at Ysselsteyn Cemetery the commemoration had to be adjusted properly for the cause. That's why we approached a high school in Germany and asked for advice. They indicated that they would gladly cooperate together with their pupils to look for the right translation of the commemoration. After all it is very important to not only realise the commemoration of the victims, but to also acknowledge the generation that has to live with the deeds of their ancestors and who have to answer to those deeds.
This picture was taken at the Ysselsteyn German War Cemetery
The German Cemetery is with close to 32.000 buried the biggest military cemetery in The Netherlands. It's also the only German Cemetery in The Netherlands. The buried mainly consist of German Soldiers that died during the Second World War. Besides these Germans there are also Dutch people that died whilst in German military service (mainly in the SS) who are buried here.