History Hotel Postma
Hotel Postma was built in 1909 near Emmen station. Business went well until the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. Postma took in many Belgian refugees who sought refuge in the neutral Netherlands. The hoteliers receive a genuine Mobilization Cross for their support. After the war, the eldest son, Jacob, takes over the hotel.
It is also Jacob who sympathizes with the Germans and chooses to join the NSB. When Germany invaded the Netherlands in 1940, the hotel was used by them as a base.
After the war, Jacob tries to get the hotel back through the courts. An attempt that ends up financially bitter for him. Jacob turns his back on Emmen and leaves for The Hague. The Postmapand will be owned by the municipality. In later years the building still houses a school and a cork shop. After that, impoverishment sets in and the building clears the field in the second half of the 1970s.
As a child, Joop Postma planted a chestnut tree behind the hotel as a reminder of the end of the war. A plaque was added in 1984.