The secret on the Rhine

Former soldiers tell, sometimes for the first time, about their experiences around this secret port on the Rhine.

The Defence Harbour was part of the IJssel Line: a Cold War waterline that had to protect the country against a possible invasion by the Soviet Union. The IJssel Line and with it the Arnhem harbour were extremely secret until the end of the Cold War. Stories about this time are therefore very scarce.

And the stories that are there, are still unknown to many people. The documentary ‘Geheim aan de Rijn’ changes all that. For the city of Arnhem, Erfgoed Gelderland interviewed former soldiers who witnessed this hidden history.

Alletun Productions compiled the interviews into a unique documentary.