Köln – Bocklemünd

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

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)

Around 3000 Wehrmacht soldiers surrendered when capturing Trier. Here some of them are surrendering near the Porta Nigra.
Then image: ??
Now image: www.nowstalgia.eu / Cor Sleutel

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