Advancing troops on Lerchenweg in Cologne-Bocklemünd, March 5, 1945. My wife Grace Kailuhu is the stand in for the soldier.
Then image:
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Category Archives: Re-enactment
Kufferath
Infantrymen of company A, 16 infantry enters the village of Kufferath 25 February 2022.
Then image: US Signal Corps
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Jakobswullesheim
Intelligence soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division checking telephone cables in front of the damaged church in Jakobwüllesheim on February 28, 1945.
Then image: US Signal Corps
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / 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: ?
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)
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: ?
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel & Grace Kailuhu