Watch & Question: Monument
The water, the storm, the silence… Zeeland is largely flooded after the night of February 1, 1953. This area in particular, Schouwen-Duiveland, Goeree Overflakkee, and Tholen, was severely affected. But the danger has not yet passed. In the afternoon, it is high tide again, and the water rises even higher than during the night. People therefore go onto the roofs, and many houses that had survived the night collapse. People drown now as well. Around five o'clock, it gets dark. Thousands of people, wet, cold, and thirsty, enter the second night. On the third day of February, the rescue efforts get well underway. Victims are evacuated by helicopters, and aid workers enter the disaster area with hundreds of ships.
Question 6: Here is the monument fo…
The water, the storm, the silence… Zeeland is largely flooded after the night of February 1, 1953. This area in particular, Schouwen-Duiveland, Goeree Overflakkee, and Tholen, was severely affected. But the danger has not yet passed. In the afternoon, it is high tide again, and the water rises even higher than during the night. People therefore go onto the roofs, and many houses that had survived the night collapse. People drown now as well. Around five o'clock, it gets dark. Thousands of people, wet, cold, and thirsty, enter the second night. On the third day of February, the rescue efforts get well underway. Victims are evacuated by helicopters, and aid workers enter the disaster area with hundreds of ships.
Question 6: Here is the monument for the victims of the disaster in 1953. Every year on February 1st, the flood disaster is commemorated here with a memorial service and a wreath-laying ceremony. On the monument, you will find an appropriate text. Take the last two letters of the second word.