Old Aalten

French and Belgian refugees, Aalten Festival Hall, 1918

World War I

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Bad Bargain

In 1918, the municipality of Aalten was defrauded of ƒ 60,000.
Old Town Hall of Bocholt

Food Aid to Bocholt (1922)

Aalten sent food aid to the destitute population of Bocholt.
French and Belgian refugees, Aalten Festival Hall, 1918

Refugees in Aalten during WW I

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