Our liberators

by Sara Curfs

Our liberators
They fill the street with men
And I watch them wander
Because finally I can

Finally this war is gone
And I can dance again

Our liberators
Filling the streets with men

Filling these streets that
Were crowded with our enemy

But now our flag screams with pride
Orange all there is to see

And as they laugh and wave
Past every house they walk
We shrug off the silence of war
For we, at last, begin to talk

We tell the story of heroes
Of those who died in our name
Because we’re liberated

And we ought to show their sacrifice
Was not in vain

| resistance in Valkenburg | genocide of the Jews in Limburg | genocide of the Romani in Limburg and elsewhere | Germans killed in action in Valkenburg-Houthem |