Editing Nijmegen (section)

=== Post-war period ===
From 1946 to 1948 [[Mariënbosch concentration camp]], near Nijmegen, was used to house German nationals who were to be deported from the Netherlands.

On 23 February 1981, the Nijmegen police department and the [[Royal Netherlands Army|Dutch Army]] stormed the [[Piersonstraat riots|Piersonstraat]] and Zeigelhof, a squatted housing block in the city centre of Nijmegen. Using 200 riot vans, three [[Leopard 1]]s, three [[armoured personnel carrier]]s, a helicopter, 1,200 policemen, and 750 members of the armed forces, they evicted the squatters and demolished the block, while clouding the entire area in teargas and [[CS gas]]. This received enormous backlash in local politics. While the city government wanted the squatters out to build a parking garage, most of the population wanted affordable housing to be built in the area.

The [[city council]] was largely dominated by left-wing and progressive parties such as the [[GroenLinks|Green Party]], [[Democrats 66]], [[Socialist Party (Netherlands)|Socialist Party]], and [[Labour Party (Netherlands)|Labour]]. At times Nijmegen has been the only major city in the Netherlands with a solely left-wing government, and received the nickname '[[Havana]] on the Waal'.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.eupedia.com/netherlands/nijmegen.shtml|title = Eupedia}}</ref>

Nijmegen celebrated its 2000th year of existence in 2005. It is considered the oldest city in the Netherlands. In gaining this qualification, it has competed with the city of [[Maastricht]].

In November 2005, the city centre of Nijmegen was the site of the assassination of political activist [[Louis Sévèke]] by a former activist, Marcel Teunissen, who was arrested in 2007 in Spain and extradited to the Netherlands. Teunissen has also been accused of bank robbery. He committed his acts out of revenge for a forcible eviction from the squatter scene by Louis Sévèke.