80th Anniversary of Monschau’s Liberation: Memorial Ceremony & Concert

Less than 100 days after their landing on D-Day, June 6, 1944, the Allied troops managed to advance from the French Atlantic coast, across occupied Western Europe, and all the way to the German border. On September 12, 1944, U.S. soldiers entered German soil for the first time in the town of Roetgen, and a few days later, Monschau became the first city in Germany to be liberated by American troops.

To commemorate this historic event, we, AmerikaHaus NRW e.V., together with our American friends, warmly invite you to:

80 Years of Monschau’s Liberation

Friday, September 13, 2024 | 3:30 PM
Market Hall Monschau | Rurstraße 9 | 52156 Monschau
Memorial Ceremony followed by a reception
With Dr. Carmen Krämer, Mayor of Monschau
Consul General Preeti V. Shah, U.S. Consulate General Düsseldorf
Dr. Ingo Wolf, Former State Minister and Chairman of AmerikaHaus NRW e.V., and other special guests

Friday, September 13, 2024 | 6:00 PM
Evangelische Stadtkirche Monschau | Laufenstraße 6 | 52156 Monschau
Festive Concert: “Aus der neuen Welt”
In cooperation with the Nordeifel Music School
With the Euregio Chamber Orchestra
and Soloist Jiapeng Wang

Program

Sergei Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No. 2
Samuel Barber – Adagio for Strings
Antonín Dvořák – Fourth Movement from Symphony No. 9
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Suite Op. 5 for Two Pianos

Please indicate in your registration whether you would like to attend both the memorial ceremony and the concert, or just one of the events. Kindly confirm your attendance at: info@amerikahaus-nrw.de.