Hitler arriving at the heldenplatz for his speech to the Viennese from a balcony of the Habsburg palace, the Hofburg, on 15 March 1938. In the background is the heroic statue of Archduke Karl.
Then image: Heinrich Hoffmann, “Hitler in seiner Heimat,” Munich, 1938
Now image: WW2 Then in Now, Cor Sleutel

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Vienna – Heldenplatz (2)
Hitler arriving at the heldenplatz for his speech to the Viennese from a balcony of the Habsburg palace, the Hofburg, on 15 March 1938. In the background is the heroic statue of Archduke Karl.
Then image: http://adolfhitlerbestpictures.blogspot.nl
Source: Heinrich Hoffmann, “Hitler in seiner Heimat,” Munich, 1938
Now image: WW2 Then in Now, Cor Sleutel
Vienna – Heldenplatz (1)
Russian Soldiers at the Heldenplatz in 1945. The place where once Hitler in 1938 declared Austria “Heim in Reich”.
Then image: https://incredibleimages4u.blogspot.nl
Now image: WW2 Then in Now, Cor Sleutel
Vienna – Mariahilfer Straße
Cheering people at Hitler’s Victory Pararde in 1938 at the Vienna Ring in Vienna.
Then image: https://austria-forum.org
Copyright: © APA / HeinrichHoffmann / ÖNB (non commercial use only)
Now image :WW2 Then in Now, Cor Sleutel
Gemen – Ahauser Straße (2)
Operation Varsity: Motor transport of 7th Armoured Division in Gemen during the advance in Germany, 30 March 1945.
Then image: Imperial War Museum (see below)
© IWM (BU 2832)
Creator: No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit, Travis (Sgt)
Now image: WW2 Then in Now, Cor Sleutel
Caen – Boulevard des Allies / Rue Saint Jain
A lieutenant and another soldier of the Royal Ulster Rifles observe a roadsign among the ruins of Caen in 1944.
Then image: dday-overlord.com (see below)
Now image: WW2 Then in Now, Cor Sleutel
Oosterbeek – Hotel Hartenstein (3)
1st Airborne Division soldiers use parachutes to signal to Allied supply aircraft from the grounds of 1st Airborne Division’s HQ at the Hartenstein Hotel in Oosterbeek, 23 September 1944.
Then image: Imperial War Museum
© IWM (BU 1119)
Creator: No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit, Lewis (Sgt)
Now Image : WW2 Then in Now, Cor Sleutel
Oosterbeek – Hotel Hartenstein (2)
British paratroopers in the Oosterbeek Perimeter in front of the Hartenstein Hotel on Utrechtse Weg in Oosterbeek. The Hartenstein was the British 1st Airborne Divisional HQ during the Battle of Arnhem.
Then image: Pinterest.com
Author: ??
Now image: WW2 Then in Now, Cor Sleutel
Obersalzberg – Gästehaus Hoher Göll
In the photo we see Eva Braun and her friend Herta Schneider walking on the Obersalzberg with one of Eva’s terriers (Negus or Stasi). In the back we see the Guesthouse for Hitlers Guests, nowadays the documentationcenter Obersalzberg.
Then image: Ernst Baumann photos
Now image: WW2 Then in Now, Cor Sleutel
Berchtesgaden (2) – Schloßplatz
These 3rd Infantry Division GIs riding on an M36 tank destroyer are viewing the Berchtesgaden World War I memorial in 1945, painted in the Schloßplatz.
Then image: US Signal Corps / SC374710
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
