The World Liberty Concert was a concert that took place on 8 May 1995 next to the John Frost Bridge in Arnhem in the Netherlands. The concert was held in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of the liberation of Europe and is the largest memorial concert ever held in the Netherlands and was thought of by Arno Geul. Preparations lasted for about a year.
The logo of the World Liberty Concert, as broadcast live.
Overview of the concert, showing the stage next to the bridge.
Walter Cronkite as he appeared during the television broadcast of the concert.
John Frost Bridge is the road bridge over the Lower Rhine at Arnhem, in the Netherlands.
The bridge was inaugurated after the end of World War II, and is named after Major-General John Dutton Frost (1912–1993), who commanded the British forces that reached and temporarily defended the pre-existing Rijnbrug at the same location during the Battle of Arnhem in September 1944. This was the bridge referenced in the 1977 Anglo-American film A Bridge Too Far, although the IJssel bridge in Deventer was used for the actual shooting of the film.
John Frost Bridge
Aerial view of the old bridge during the fighting at Arnhem, September 1944
Aerial view from the church tower
The Fietspad or Bicycle Path on the bridge.