Soldier taking cover behind a pillar in the Rolandstraße, Aachen, November 1944.
Then image: ?
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / F. Kujat – Cor Sleutel
Aachen – Rolandstraße (2)
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Category Archives: Re-enactment
Trois-Vierges
Allied soldier in Trois-Vierges Luxembourg during the battle of the bulge looking at a grafitti slogan saying “Hinter der letzten schlacht dieser Krieges steht unser Sieg” or in English “Behind the last battle of this war lies our victory“.
Then image: US Signal Corps
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel – Grace Kailuhu
Kleinblittersdorf (2)
Lt. Richard H. Davis, Pensacola, Fla., Company B, 253rd Inf., 63rd Division, points to the German statement on the wall of a house with a potato masher (kitchen type). The sign reads: “Sieg Oder Sibirien” or “Victory or Siberia“.Kleinblittersdorf, Germany. 21 February, 1945.
Then image: Signal Corps / SC 411796
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel – Grace Kailuhu.
Kleinblittersdorf (1)
Pfc. Abraham Green, medic, New Haven, Conn., 253rd Regiment, 63rd Division, stops, reads and wonders at a German sign, “We fight for the future of our children“, in the town Kleinblittersdorf cleared of the enemy 21 February 1945.
Then image: US Signal Corps / SC 411797
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel – Grace Kailuhu
Ederen (1)
Christmas celebrations then (1944) and now (2023) in the village of Ederen, Germany.
Then image: US Signal Corps
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel & Grace Kailuhu.
Köln – Bocklemünd
Advancing troops on Lerchenweg in Cologne-Bocklemünd, March 5, 1945. My wife Grace Kailuhu is the stand in for the soldier.
Then image:
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Kufferath
Infantrymen of company A, 16 infantry enters the village of Kufferath 25 February 2022.
Then image: US Signal Corps
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Jakobswullesheim
Intelligence soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division checking telephone cables in front of the damaged church in Jakobwüllesheim on February 28, 1945.
Then image: US Signal Corps
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Grace Kailuhu
Bonn – Beethovenhaus (4)
American soldier in front of the Beethovenhaus hanging up a paper that is not allowed to enter the Beethovenhaus, March 1945.
Then image:
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel – Grace Kailuhu
Bonn – Beethovenhaus (2)
American soldier enjoying the view in the courtyard of the Beethoven Haus after the battle for the city of Bonn, March 1945.
Then image: ?
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel – Grace Kailuhu
