ARS in a reconstructed trench of the grebbe lineWelcome to ARS website, since 1999 on the Internet. Already since I was on high school  I have been interested in the history of  World War Two. History was my favourite subject. After the school period my interest for history continued. Through the years I collected many books and multimedia concerning the Second World War. I am member of Documentatiegroep40-45. In 1994 made I my first battlefield tour to the invasion beaches in Normandy, followed in 1999, 2001 and 2006. The coast of Normandy has been developed into an open air museum. To me it was very impressive to stand on those historical beaches. The last tour I made with the Friends of the Airborne museum in Oosterbeek, with whom I made also a battlefield tour to the Ardennes in October 2004. We followed the advance of Kampfgruppe Peiper during the last despair offensive. In 2005 I visited the Obersalzberg. The house of Hitler, the Berghof  does no longer excist, but still you may see the house of Albert Speer and hotel Zum Turken. Under  the Obersalzberg there is a bunker scheme. The only real vestige however the Kehlsteinhaus on the top of the Obersalzberg, can only be reached by means of a long tunnel and an extremely luxurious lift. In 2007 Battlefield Tour Market Garden  Grave to Nijmegen and Lombok - Arnhem. In 2008 battlefield tour  Engeland and Berlijn. In 2009 I made the following battlefield tours: July 4th a walk through the perimeter at Oosterbeek, 28-30 August battlefield tour Huertgenforest. Very special was the visit to the former NS-Ordensburg Vogelsang. This complex in typical Nazi-style, built of stone from the Eifel, is still in original condition. September 12th battlefield tour 'The Battle of Arnhem' was the beginning of a remembrance week 65 years after Market Garden. September 19th paradropping Ginkel heath, October 10th  Amersfoort concentration camp and on October 29th Vught concentrationcamp. Again a momentous year with several battlefield tours. In 2010 I have made a battlefield tour to the Grebbelinie, Wewelsburg and Atlantikwall Museum Noordwijk so far.

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