{"id":140828,"date":"2022-01-17T21:33:06","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T19:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oudaalten.nl\/war-resistance\/world-war-i\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T07:12:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T05:12:53","slug":"world-war-i","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/en\/war-resistance\/world-war-i\/","title":{"rendered":"World War I"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pt-cv-wrapper\"><div class=\"pt-cv-view pt-cv-grid pt-cv-colsys pt-cv-same-height\" id=\"pt-cv-view-43e36c4pcu\"><div data-id=\"pt-cv-page-1\" class=\"pt-cv-page\" data-cvc=\"5\" data-cvct=\"3\" data-cvcm=\"1\"><div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-4 col-xs-12 pt-cv-content-item pt-cv-1-col\"  data-pid=\"140597\"><div class='pt-cv-ifield'><a href=\"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/en\/war-resistance\/world-war-i\/refugees-in-aalten-during-ww1\/\" class=\"_blank pt-cv-href-thumbnail pt-cv-thumb-default cvplbd\" target=\"_blank\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/1918\/10\/Franse-en-Belgische-vluchtelingen-Feestgebouw-Aalten-22-11-1918-400x300.jpg\" class=\"pt-cv-thumbnail img-none skip-lazy  no-lazyload \" alt=\"French and Belgian refugees, Aalten Party Building, 1918\" \/><\/a>\n<h2 class=\"pt-cv-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/en\/war-resistance\/world-war-i\/refugees-in-aalten-during-ww1\/\" class=\"_blank cvplbd\" target=\"_blank\" >Refugees in Aalten during WW I<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"pt-cv-content\">During WW I, Aalten offered shelter to many foreign refugees.<br \/><div class=\"pt-cv-rmwrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/en\/war-resistance\/world-war-i\/refugees-in-aalten-during-ww1\/\" class=\"_blank pt-cv-readmore btn btn-success cvplbd\" target=\"_blank\">Bekijk<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\" id=\"pt-cv-inline-style-4e0e8e70id\">#pt-cv-view-43e36c4pcu .pt-cv-title a, #pt-cv-view-43e36c4pcu  .panel-title { font-size: 16px !important; line-height: 1.3 !important; color: #129621 !important; font-weight: 600 !important; }\n#pt-cv-view-43e36c4pcu .pt-cv-content , #pt-cv-view-43e36c4pcu  .pt-cv-content *:not(.pt-cv-readmore):not(style):not(script) { color: #686868 !important; }\n#pt-cv-view-43e36c4pcu .pt-cv-readmore  { color: #ffffff !important; background-color: #6ea81a !important; }\n#pt-cv-view-43e36c4pcu .pt-cv-readmore:hover  { color: #ffffff !important; background-color: #129621 !important; }\n#pt-cv-view-43e36c4pcu  + .pt-cv-pagination-wrapper .pt-cv-more , #pt-cv-view-43e36c4pcu  + .pt-cv-pagination-wrapper .pagination .active a { color: #ffffff !important; background-color: #00aeef !important; }<\/style>\r\n\t\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":140598,"parent":140763,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-140828","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>World War I | Old Aalten<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Read about Aalten during the First World War: refugee reception and the local impact. 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