A collection of useful tourist information about the German-Dutch border area!
Vacation plans? How about the Netherlands? Holland offers much more than the beach and the lake. You can hike in beautiful forest and meadow landscapes, cycling over dikes and through heath areas, canoeing on lakes and rivers. But historical cities and dreamy villages are also waiting for you, or amusement parks, water parks, museums and much more! The holiday in the Netherlands starts right behind the border!
The work of the aid organization "Children of the country road" kept the public busy in the 80s. After the events, the question arose as to what extent those affected and third parties (e.g. for research purposes) should be given an insight into the very extensive files of the aid organization. Although the majority of the files are not within the scope of the DSG, we have responded to inquiries regarding the problem of an inspection regulation for data subjects and third parties.
From 1926 to 1973, the Pro Juventute Foundation ran the aid organization "Children of the country road", with the aim of "Vagantität" by separating those children from their parents. Over 600 children were placed with foster parents, in children’s homes, orphanages, psychiatric clinics and prisons. The aid agency was supported by the cantonal authorities, but also by the federal government. Comprehensive, in some cases very sensitive and particularly worthy of protection data was collected about the victims and their relatives. In 1973, the relief agency ceased to operate. From 1985, reparation efforts were initiated towards the persons concerned, which led to the establishment of two commissions. The file committee "Children of the country road" examined for the attention of the cantons concerned whether and to what extent the data subjects could be granted access to their files. The fund commission dealt with the question of the compensation of those affected. As part of the work of the Files Commission, which was dissolved in 1993, around 240 people were given access to their files.
