I believe WWII, Hitler, Jews, etc. was a foreshadowing of things to come and a model for us to look at and learn through.  It was 65 (Ephraim’s #, multiple of 13 X 5).
 

1945: Holland liberated!
 
 FINAL YEAR OF WAR
Right up until 1945, the final year of war, the allies experienced hard times on Dutch soil. On March 28, 1945 the First Canadian Army entered our country from Germany. Canadian, British and Polish troops liberated the eastern and northern provinces in a matter of weeks. On April 25, the Germans had been forced back as far as the Grebbe Line. The surrender of the Germans was just a matter of time. On April 29, the Germans gave permission for food dropping by the British, ‘Operation Manna’. On May 4, 1945 all German troops in Northwest Europe surrendered. Their capitulation took effect the next morning, May 5, 1945 at 8 a.m. Finally, the northwestern part of Holland was also liberated.

GERMAN CAPITULATION
On May 4, 1945 Field Marshal Montgomery accepted the German surrender at his headquarters. General Blaskowitz, the German Commander in Holland, initially refused to recognize the surrender. He had not received any orders to this effect from Germany. But one day later, the German troops in Holland finally surrendered too. On May 5, the capitulation discussions took place in the bar of Hotel De Wereld in Wageningen. HRH Prince Bernard, Commander-in-Chief of the Dutch armed forces, was present. On Sunday May 6, 1945 Blaskowitz signed the capitulation treaty of the German troops in Holland.

LIBERATION
Holland was liberated and the people were beside themselves with joy. The allied forces received a heroes’ welcome by ecstatic crowds. Unfortunately, not everyone in Holland could party just yet. Tens of thousands of German troops still had to be disarmed in the west. The situation remained very chaotic in many places. The celebrations in Amsterdam were cruelly upset on May 7. Reveling crowds had gathered on Dam Square to welcome the Canadian liberators. That afternoon, German marines suddenly started to fire at the crowds from the Grote Club on the corner of Kalverstraat. The party turned into a massacre, with 22 people dead and well over 100 injured. Not until May 8 did the allied troops drive into the main cities and could the liberation party be celebrated to the full. The Wadden Islands had to wait even a few weeks longer. On June 12 the island of Schiermonnikoog was the final part of Holland to be liberated.