Border Archieven

Achterop (Old Border Office)

Kiefteweg 10, Heurne

Pub, restaurant and express buffet

Hamelandroute 91, Heurne

Kiefteweg / Veenhuisweg, Heurne

„We’ll put barbed wire by the IJssel”

Dagblad Tubantia, 16 March 1966

Kerstgeschenk voor Duitse textielarbeidsters leidt in 1949 tot moeilijkheden.

A farmer was none too pleased with some unwelcome German visitors (1932).

In 1932, a 16-year-old boy was accidentally shot dead by German customs officers.

De Graafschapper, 18 September 1931

During WW I, Aalten offered shelter to many foreign refugees.

Until the beginning of the 20th century, German money was the daily means of payment in Aalten.

Around 1900, hundreds of cross-border workers from Aalten worked in Bocholt