War & Resistance Archieven

‘Uncle Jan’ Wikkerink

Key resistance leader during World War II

In WW2, the occupying forces established a school for military paratroopers in Aalten.

During WW2, Achterhoekers sent food to the starving west.

In memory of the British officer who died after a parachute jump.

On Sunday, January 30, 1944, SS men raided two churches in Aalten.

The Jewish couple Landau were executed and buried by the resistance during WWII. But where?

Air defence installation built by the Germans during World War II

During World War II, Aalten took in around 800 children from bombed-out Rotterdam.

Exhibition in the Sociëteit in Aalten, 1940

In 1936, NSB leader Anton Mussert gave a lecture in Aalten

“The otherwise so quiet and peaceful Aalten is now full of the clamour of war.”

Aalten sent food aid to the destitute population of Bocholt.

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

In 1918, the municipality of Aalten was defrauded of ƒ 60,000.

Once again, young men from Aalten marched off to join the struggle.

The population of Aalten regularly suffered from forced contributions in the past.

Pledge-holder of Bredevoort from 1582 to 1612

During the Eighty Years’ War, Bredevoort was under Spanish authority.

The fortified town of Bredevoort has a history dating back to the year 945.