Gorinchem '40-'45 walk

During the Gorinchem '40-'45 walk, you will discover how the war years have left their traces in the fortified town. Accompanied by a guide, you will walk past places in the city centre where stories about mobilisation, occupation, resistance, loss and liberation come to leven .

Gorinchem in wartime

In August 1939, the general mobilisation began and tens of thousands of soldiers were called up. Gorinchem, then an important garrison town, became an assembly point for about 1,800 soldiers in a short time.

When the German occupation began, the streetscape changed too.

Along impressive places in the fortress

During this walk, you will pass several locations in Gorinchem that are directly connected to the Second World War. For instance, you will stop in Gasthuisstraat at the trip-stones of the Nort family and visit the monument near the Grote Kerk, which commemorates the raid of 3 October 1944.

You will also walk past the former ULO in the Boerenstraat, where visible traces of the war time can still be found. At De Doelen, you will hear the story of the building that served as a Wehrmachtsheim during the occupation.

In addition, the route leads past the Duveltjesgracht, the WWII war memorial, and other special places within the fortress with a poignant war history.

An impressive route full of stories that will make you look at the city with different eyes.