Stolberg (13)

Civilians watch how German soldiers are brought out of the city center of Stolberg by  US 104th Infantry Division “Timberwolves” around November 1944.
Then image: LIFE Magazine Archives – John Florea Photographer
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel

Venlo (2)

Troops of the 35th Infantry Division, Ninth U.S. Army, move through Venlo, Holland further into Germany, March 2, 1945.
Then image: U.S. Signal Corps / SC-271269
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel

Aachen – Adalbertstraße

Two American soldiers on patrol in the Adalbertstrasse in the fall of 1944. In the background you can see St. Adalbert with the missing spire.
Then image: Aachen Stadtarchive
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel

Neuss (3)

Civilians in a long que for grosseries in Neuss in March 1945 with the slogan “Heil Hitler” stil visible on a building on the opposite site of the road.
Then image: Neuss Stadtarchive
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel

Venlo (1)

German prisoners are escorted by men of the 35th Infantry Division task force which liberated Venlo, Holland. 2 March, 1945.
Then image: Signal Corps / SC 201720
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel

Alsdorf (3)

A US anti-tank squad in Alsdorf-Schaufenberg, Germany during the encirclement of Aachen in 1944.
Then image: ?
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel

Gross Vernich

Pfc. George Wojtowicz, 102 Davitt Ave., Campbell, Ohio, of the 899th Tank Destroyer Battalion, 9th Infantry Division, U.S. First Army, talks to a Russian. This man was a former prisoner of the Germans. Gross Vernich, Germany. 5 March, 1945.
Then image: US Signal Corps / SC 405018
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel

Aalst – Irish Guards (11)

Soldiers of the Irish Guards posing in front of the same tank as the Irish Guards (5) photo (opposite site) in Aalst on 18 September 1944.
Then image: Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Van de Poll
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel

Aalst – Irish Guards (10)

Irish guards in the main street of Aalst going towards Eindhoven, 18 September 1944.
Note: The buiding in the center of the photo was still there until 2018 but then a big fire burned down the building. When making this photo early 2024 a new building was still under construction. Now in October 2024 it’s almost finished.
Then image: Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Van de Poll
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel

Neuss (2)

Soldiers in the center of Neuss on the way to the Neusser Brücke during the Battle for the Rhine around March 1945.
Then image: US Signal Corps
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel