These troops are watching for movement near the Rhine River bridge (now Kennedy Bridge) at Bonn, 9 March 1945.
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Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Bonn – Berliner Freiheit (1)
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Bonn – Friedrichstrasse
American Soldier on watch in a bombed out house in Bonn, March 1945.
The slogan reads: Victory despite terror!
Then image: US Army
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
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.
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Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel – Grace Kailuhu
Vettweiss – Am Graben (2)
Soldiers of US 1 Infantry Division read the slogan “Sieg oder Chaos” or “Victory or Chaos” in the village of Vettweiss, March 1945.
Then image: US Army Archiv – J. Joentgen
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Vettweiss – Am Graben (1)
Nazi Slogan on Haus “Monig” in Vettweiss. The slogan reads: Being Silent helps to win!
There were more of these slogans in Vettweiss and one is still visible today. This one is not there anymore.
Then image: US Army Archiv – J. Joentgen
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
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.
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Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel – Grace Kailuhu
Vienna – Heldenplatz (5)
Soviet soldiers fire a mortar from the Hofburg Palace square during the battle for the city in May 1945.
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Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / J. Dortmundt
Rotterdam – Prins Hendrikkade (3)
Germans in front of the “Hef bridge” at the Noordereiland in Rotterdam, during Fall Gelb May 1940.
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Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Rotterdam – Rosestraat
This time German soldiers in front of the former cafe De Witte Ballons at the Rosestraat waiting for further orders.
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Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Rotterdam – Koninginnebrug (2)
More Germans waiting for further orders on the Koninginnebrug.
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Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
