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

Bonn – Beethovenhaus (1)

American soldier poses in front of the birth house of Ludwig von Beethoven, in Bonn after the attack of the city in March 1945.
Then image: LIFE Magazine Archives – John Florea Photographer
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel – Grace Kailuhu

 

Würselen – Kerzeleyweg

Soldiers from the 29th Infantry Division, 116th Infantry regiment in streets of
Würselen, near Aachen 16 October 1944.
Then image: US Signal Corps
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel – G.E. Kailuhu

 

 

Turqueville – Route des Allies

Recreate the famous Turqueville photo on the Route des Allies back then and now. When we were there I was not aware of the old photo so the angle is different.
Then image: ?
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel / J. Dortmundt.

Trier – Paulinstrasse (2)

Around 3000 Wehrmacht soldiers surrendered when capturing Trier. Here some of them are surrendering near the Porta Nigra.
Then image: ??
Now image: www.nowstalgia.eu / Cor Sleutel

Zelzate

Canadian Soldier and my girlfriend in Zelzate at the border with Netherlands and Belgium looking for mines (and at instagram)
Then image: Canadaatwar.ca
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel

Aachen – Pastorplatz (2)

Me and a GI at the Pastorplatz in Aachen looking at “Feind Hört Mit” graffiti then in 1944 and in 2021.
Then image: US Signal Corps / SC195639
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel & Grace Kailuhu

Aachen – Pastorplatz (1)

US soldiers of the 26th Infantry Regiment attend to a wounded soldier during street fighting in Aachen, Germany. October 1944.
Then image: ?
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel & Grace Kailuhu

Maastricht – Wijcker Waterpoort

German soldiers at the Wijcker Waterpoort, 10 Mai 1940.
Then image: Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-1990-102-35A / CC-BY-SA 3.0
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Grace Kailuhu