Op zondag 22 augustus was het gehucht Steenstrate bij Ieper in Vlaanderen het decor van een merkwaardig samenkomen. Een kleine 5.000 nationalisten herdachten op een afgelegen weiland de gevallenen uit de Eerste Wereldoorlog. Dit gebeurt normaliter op de traditionele IJzerbedevaart, nu een week later. But the radical currents of the Flemish movement has since… Read more
To give an overview of the history of the Yzerbedevaart, do you have to write a history of Flemish nationalism. This goes back to the last century. However, the immediate cause for the beginning of the pilgrimage was the Flemish suffering in World War I, that's why I have this historical sketch here… Read more
The twentieth edition of the Yzerwake yesterday, Sunday 29 augustus 2021, in Steenstrate near Ypres, had the lowest turnout ever. A happy accident, In all perspectives.
organized on the eve of the IJzerwake Voorpost traditionally its Camaraderie Evening. For decades Posters gather in Westvleteren (Vleteren) to sing songs, extreme right equipment to purchase and drink beer. Here are the Dutch, such as Florens van der Kooi and his brother Ben van der Kooi.
In the afternoon, the Outpost Team on the meadow in IJzerwake Steenstrate worked for the event tomorrow to prepare. They have set up tents, the stage and placed the toilets and thousands of seats put down for the participants. Youth organization VNJ has built up a marquee. Rond 18 hours go "seventy militants"Then eat in Westvleteren, where after the start zangavond. Here is a performance by the Dutch singer "Wilfred”, a pseudonym Robin Versteeg.
In Stekene in Belgium organized extreme right-wing groups a memorial for the Oostfronters who have here a final resting place in a cemetery. The Flemish Oostfronters fought in World War II with Nazi Germany against the Russians. There are activists Voorpost, of VNJ and the present RVF. From the Netherlands Johnboy Willemse en Patricia Visser van De Nationalist there.
In het in Erepark Stekene keep right-wing extremist groups, a commemoration of their heroes, Flemish Warriors Eastern Front of World War II who are buried here. In this war fought Flemish men along with Nazi Germany against the Soviet armies. Groups such as the ANS en Blood & Honour Nederland calling for the commemoration. traveling from the Netherlands Voorpost branch of. Also, from the groups as NSN and RVF are representatives. In Flanders there are people Voorpost in the VNJ involved in the organization and participation of groups like Autonome Nationalisten Vlaanderen, the Sint Maartens Fonds and RVF Flanders. France also RVF is present. With banners they march in uniform on the field.