{"id":141070,"date":"2026-01-20T20:45:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T18:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oudaalten.nl\/emigration\/emigration-to-argentina\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T13:05:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T11:05:39","slug":"emigration-to-argentina","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oudaalten.nl\/en\/emigration\/emigration-to-argentina\/","title":{"rendered":"Emigration to Argentina"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><strong>After World War II, hundreds of people from Aalten emigrated to distant lands in search of a better life. Although the majority of them went to <a href=\"https:\/\/oudaalten.nl\/emigratie\/canada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Canada<\/a>, some Aalten residents went to other countries, including Argentina. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was also the case for the Prinzen family. In 1955, they exchanged their farm in IJzerlo for a new life in Tres Arroyos, in the south-east of the Argentine province of Buenos Aires. Read their story:  <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"pt-cv-wrapper\"><div class=\"pt-cv-view pt-cv-grid pt-cv-colsys pt-cv-same-height\" id=\"pt-cv-view-5563549bys\"><div data-id=\"pt-cv-page-1\" class=\"pt-cv-page cv-npf\" data-cvc=\"3\" data-cvct=\"2\" data-cvcm=\"1\"><div class=\"col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-xs-12 pt-cv-content-item pt-cv-1-col\"  data-pid=\"0\"><div class='pt-cv-ifield'><div class=\"pt-cv-no-post\">No posts found.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\" id=\"pt-cv-inline-style-0f2254asc6\">#pt-cv-view-5563549bys .pt-cv-title a, #pt-cv-view-5563549bys  .panel-title { font-size: 18px !important; line-height: 1.3 !important; color: #129621 !important; font-weight: 600 !important; }\n#pt-cv-view-5563549bys .pt-cv-content , #pt-cv-view-5563549bys  .pt-cv-content *:not(.pt-cv-readmore):not(style):not(script) { color: #686868 !important; }\n#pt-cv-view-5563549bys .pt-cv-readmore  { color: #ffffff !important; background-color: #6ea81a !important; }\n#pt-cv-view-5563549bys .pt-cv-readmore:hover  { color: #ffffff !important; background-color: #129621 !important; }\n#pt-cv-view-5563549bys  + .pt-cv-pagination-wrapper .pt-cv-more , #pt-cv-view-5563549bys  + .pt-cv-pagination-wrapper .pagination .active a { color: #ffffff !important; background-color: #00aeef !important; }<\/style>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/oudaalten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Emigratie-Reis-en-Passagebureau-Lichtenberg-Landstraat-21-Aaltensche-Courant-10-03-1950.jpg\" alt=\"Emigration, Travel and Passage Office Lichtenberg, Landstraat 21 - Aaltensche Courant, 10 March 1950\" class=\"wp-image-38143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oudaalten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Emigratie-Reis-en-Passagebureau-Lichtenberg-Landstraat-21-Aaltensche-Courant-10-03-1950.jpg 474w, https:\/\/oudaalten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Emigratie-Reis-en-Passagebureau-Lichtenberg-Landstraat-21-Aaltensche-Courant-10-03-1950-400x251.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Aaltensche Courant, 10 March 1950<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-accent-2-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<p>Do you have any interesting stories about relatives who emigrated from Aalten to Argentina, suitable and approved for publication on Oud Aalten? 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