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.
Ederen (1)
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Würselen – Scherbergerstraße
Würselen, PFC Herman G. Bulau im Haus, Scherberger Str. 45.
Then image: US Signal Corps
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Beggendorf (4)
M5 of the 2nd Armored Division in Beggendorf November 1944.
Then image: ?
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Gurzenich (3)
Heavy streetfights in the battle for Gurzenich on 14 and 15 December 1944 during Operation Queen.
Then image: US Signal Corps
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Übach Palenberg – Aachener Strasse (3)
Soldier from the U.S. infantry (30th Division) is giving directions in front of Gasthof Dreschers in Übach Palenberg. Written with graffiti on the wall on the left:
Leave civillian stuff alone and on the right looter you ma(y) be shot.
Then image: US Signal Corps
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Beggendorf (3)
Zwei M31 Recovery Vehicle (Basis M3 Lee-Panzer) of the 2nd Armored Division in Beggendorf, november 1944.
Then image: ?
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Gressenich – Hamicher weg (3)
Same Soldiers walking at the Hamischer Weg in Gressenich towards Hamich in 1944. The building on the right is still there but they build another building attached to it.
Then image: LIFE Magazine – Ralph Morse
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Beggendorf (2)
Reloading and refuelling of the 2nd Armored division in Beggendorf on 16 November 1944 before the start of Operation Queen.
Then image: ?
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Beggendorf (1)
M4A1 76mm of the 2nd Armored Division in Beggendorf Germany, 16 November 1944.
Then image: ?
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Dudeldorf
Two infantrymen from the 5th D.I. of the Third US Army watch a Nazi propaganda inscription inscribed in chalk on a wall, “Die for America and save the English” in Dudeldorf (Germany) March 1945.
Then image: US Signal Corps
Now image: F. Kujat (with permission)
