{"id":140830,"date":"2021-11-24T20:47:14","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T18:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oudaalten.nl\/war-resistance\/world-war-ii\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T07:14:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T05:14:59","slug":"world-war-ii","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oudaalten.nl\/en\/war-resistance\/world-war-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"World War II"},"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-36dc7acgsu\"><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=\"140421\"><div class='pt-cv-ifield'><a href=\"https:\/\/oudaalten.nl\/en\/area\/monuments\/cases-in-the-organized-resistance\/\" class=\"_blank pt-cv-href-thumbnail pt-cv-thumb-default cvplbd cvp-responsive-image img-none\" target=\"_blank\" data-iw=\"400\" data-ih=\"300\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/oudaalten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Monument-Gevallen-in-het-Georganiseerd-Verzet-Markt-Aalten.jpg\" class=\"pt-cv-thumbnail img-none skip-lazy  no-lazyload \" alt=\"Memorial Fallen in the Organized Resistance, Market Aalten\" \/><\/a>\n<h2 class=\"pt-cv-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oudaalten.nl\/en\/area\/monuments\/cases-in-the-organized-resistance\/\" class=\"_blank cvplbd\" target=\"_blank\" data-iw=\"400\" data-ih=\"300\">Fallen in the organized resistance<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"pt-cv-content\">In memory of seven resistance fighters who died.<br \/><div class=\"pt-cv-rmwrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oudaalten.nl\/en\/area\/monuments\/cases-in-the-organized-resistance\/\" class=\"_blank pt-cv-readmore btn btn-success cvplbd\" target=\"_blank\" data-iw=\"400\" data-ih=\"300\">Bekijk<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-4 col-xs-12 pt-cv-content-item pt-cv-1-col\"  data-pid=\"140425\"><div class='pt-cv-ifield'><a href=\"https:\/\/oudaalten.nl\/en\/war-resistance\/world-war-ii\/people-in-hiding\/\" class=\"_blank pt-cv-href-thumbnail pt-cv-thumb-default cvplbd cvp-responsive-image img-none\" target=\"_blank\" data-iw=\"400\" data-ih=\"300\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"681\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/oudaalten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Onderduikmuseum-Aalten-Geheime-deur.jpg\" class=\"pt-cv-thumbnail img-none skip-lazy  no-lazyload \" alt=\"Secret Door - Nationaal Onderduikmuseum, Aalten\" \/><\/a>\n<h2 class=\"pt-cv-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oudaalten.nl\/en\/war-resistance\/world-war-ii\/people-in-hiding\/\" class=\"_blank cvplbd\" target=\"_blank\" data-iw=\"400\" data-ih=\"300\">People in hiding<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"pt-cv-content\">During WW2, one in five residents of Aalten was in hiding.<br \/><div class=\"pt-cv-rmwrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oudaalten.nl\/en\/war-resistance\/world-war-ii\/people-in-hiding\/\" class=\"_blank pt-cv-readmore btn btn-success cvplbd\" target=\"_blank\" data-iw=\"400\" data-ih=\"300\">Bekijk<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-4 col-xs-12 pt-cv-content-item pt-cv-1-col\"  data-pid=\"140584\"><div class='pt-cv-ifield'><a href=\"https:\/\/oudaalten.nl\/en\/war-resistance\/world-war-ii\/the-bark\/\" class=\"_blank pt-cv-href-thumbnail pt-cv-thumb-default cvplbd cvp-responsive-image img-none\" target=\"_blank\" data-iw=\"400\" data-ih=\"300\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"469\" src=\"https:\/\/oudaalten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/De-Heurne-Gelkinkweg-De-Bark.jpg\" class=\"pt-cv-thumbnail img-none skip-lazy  no-lazyload \" alt=\"De Bark, Gelkinkweg, De Heurne\" \/><\/a>\n<h2 class=\"pt-cv-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oudaalten.nl\/en\/war-resistance\/world-war-ii\/the-bark\/\" class=\"_blank cvplbd\" target=\"_blank\" data-iw=\"400\" data-ih=\"300\">The Bark<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"pt-cv-content\">An uninhabited farm in De Heurne became a center of resistance in 1944.<br \/><div class=\"pt-cv-rmwrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oudaalten.nl\/en\/war-resistance\/world-war-ii\/the-bark\/\" class=\"_blank pt-cv-readmore btn btn-success cvplbd\" target=\"_blank\" data-iw=\"400\" data-ih=\"300\">Bekijk<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\" id=\"pt-cv-inline-style-585108eklj\">#pt-cv-view-36dc7acgsu .pt-cv-title a, #pt-cv-view-36dc7acgsu  .panel-title { font-size: 16px !important; 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