Plans are being developed to have the Oude Vaart return in Gasselternijveen and Kamp Westerbork Remembrance Center wants more archives about the Second World War publicly. Read here the most important news from our province of the past week.
This week it is three years since Russia has invaded Ukraine. For many Ukrainians, life has been standing still since that moment, as for Alla Hoida who lives with her husband and mother in the shelter in Papenvoort. “It hurts a lot. A lot of area has been destroyed. But they don’t destroy us inside.”
Residents of Schoonoord are angry. There the municipality of Coevorden and Woonservice Drenthe want to demolish 32 social rental homes. New homes are coming back, but there are a lot less. With a signature campaign, residents want to prevent them from having to leave their house. “The fear is that we can’t return to the village.”
Memorial center Kamp Westerbork, together with other war museums, calls on to reveal archives from the Second World War earlier. Admission has been closed for two more decades, because it can contain information about living people. “In principle, it will remain closed until 2046, but then it is also far too late for many relatives,” said Bertien Minco director.
If it is up to the inhabitants of Gasselternijveen, the Oude Vaart will return to the village. The municipality of Aa and Hunze has started an investigation into the possibilities and experts also think that the speed will have positive consequences for the village. “When the channel opens again, it will cause a little more charm to the village,” says Hendrik Hachmer, director of the Veenkoloniaal Museum.
Disagreement about the renovation of the town hall has caused a lot of political unrest in the municipality of Midden-Drenthe. So much even coalition party Gemeentebelangen BB allegon gives confidence in the college and an alderman of that party has resigned. The college wanted to recover the town hall for 15 million, but the party did not agree.