Timeline: Derk Willem Hoitink

Achterhoek Ancestors

1891 - 1945 (54 years)

	Date	Event(s)
1	1891	1891: Dinxperlo gets its own department of the 'Geldersch-Overijsselse Maatschappij van Landbouw', a society to improve agriculture techniques.
2	1896	1896: A dairy processor is opened in Dinxperlo.
3	1902	1902: A cooperative bank is established in Dinxperlo.
4	1903	1903: About 2/3 of the workers are involved in a railroad strike in Winterswijk to improve working conditions and wages.
5	1908	1908: The hamlet of De Heurne near Dinxperlo gets their own church.
6	1911	1911: The smallest church in the Netherlands, de Rietstap, is built in Dinxperlo. The owner had inherited money on the provision he would build a church.
7	1914	1914: As a result of the 'great war', traffic ceases to flow between the Achterhoek and Germany. 1914: For the first time, an aircraft is spotted in the sky above Dinxperlo.
8	1922	1922: Salt is found when drilling for natural resources in Winterswijk.
9	1927	1927: Rev. Stegeman from Aalten holds a speech in Amsterdam, which is transmitted by radio. In Aalten, tickets are sold to hear the show for 15 cents.
10	1932	1932: A chalk quarry is established in the Vosseveld area near Winterswijk.
11	1933	1933: Winterswijk gets their own department of the Nationalist Socialist party, the NSB. This party later becomes the major ally of the nazi party.
12	1934	1934: The Bredevoort railroad station was decommissioned.
13	1936	1936: In a flare of anti-semitical violence, Jewish Winterswijker Mozes Kan is molested in his home.
14	1940	1940: Start of the German occupation.
15	1943	1943: Hundreds of Jewish inhabitants are deported to the concentration camps in eastern Europe where most of them are murdered.
16	1944	1944: Several members of the Winterswijk resistance are arrested and killed.
17	1945	1945: Tanks battle fiercely in the hamlet of Woold. The Achterhoek is liberated from the German occupation.