Thema: War & Resistance
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Interactive route ‘Dwars door Barlo’ brings wartime stories to life
A 19-kilometre journey past eleven historical locations.
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Fallen in the organized resistance
In memory of seven resistance fighters who died.
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People in hiding
During WW2, one in five residents of Aalten was in hiding.
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Hidden in Aalten
In 1943, The Hague native Pieter Schaap went into hiding in Dale and Lintelo.
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Gooswijn van der Lawick
Captain and bailiff of Bredevoort
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Wolf Misslich († 1639)
Governor of the Lordship of Bredevoort from 1629
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Kerkstraat 17
Aalten
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Izaak Antonie de Moor
Acting (NSB) mayor of Aalten from 1944 to 1945
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Aron Jedwab (Willem Herfstink)
Jewish ‘foundling’, born in hiding
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Patrimoniumstraat 12
Aalten
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Nieuw Nonhof
Pasopweg (no longer extant)
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Bernard Huinink
Council Member and Alderman
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Jan Holstein
Bailiff of Aalten. In 1589, he was killed at ‘t Walfort.
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Aalten in wartime
Summary from ‘Aalten in Wartime’ by J.G. ter Horst.
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Grebbeberg Commemorative Column
Commemorative column for the soldiers from Aalten who fought at the Grebbeberg in May 1940.
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Stolpersteine (stumbling stones)
These stones are laid in front of addresses from which people were deported by the Nazis.
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Airmen’s Monument IJzerlo
In memory of the crash of a British bomber.
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Bernard Leezer
A conversation about meat, hiding from the Nazis, and football (1993)
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The Spanish Sword ‘Tholeta’
In 1964, a sword from the Eighty Years’ War was found in Bredevoort.
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War Memorial
For all fellow citizens who died during the occupation as a result of acts of war.