Übach Palenberg – Aachener Strasse (3)

Soldier from the U.S. infantry (30th Division) is giving directions in front of Gasthof Dreschers in Übach Palenberg. Written with graffiti on the wall on the left:
Leave civillian stuff alone and on the right looter you ma(y) be shot.
Then image: US Signal Corps
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel

Dudeldorf

Two infantrymen from the 5th D.I. of the Third US Army watch a Nazi propaganda inscription inscribed in chalk on a wall, “Die for America and save the English” in Dudeldorf (Germany) March 1945.
Then image: US Signal Corps
Now image: F. Kujat (with permission)

Dodewaard – Waalbanddijk (1)

Two soldiers of the 81st Airborne Anti Aircraft Battalion posing at the Waalbanddijk in Dodewaard the Netherlands in autumn 1944.
Note the grafiti on the wall mentioning the next SS headquarters is 12 km ahead.
Then image: ?
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel

Nideggen (1)

Soldiers of the 9th Infantry Division, US First Army in the town of Nideggen February 1945. German slogan on the wall: Feind bleibt Feind or Enemy stays the Enemy
Then image: US Signal Corps / SC 201520
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel – Grace Kailuhu

Bonn – Wilhelmstrasse

Citizens walking through the streets of Bonn shortly after the 1st US-Army captured the city in March 1945. The slogan on the wall: Fight and Victory, despite terror.
Then image: US Army
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel – Grace Kailuhu

 

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

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

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: US Signal Corps / SC195639
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel & Grace Kailuhu

Echt – Molenstraat

Echt, The Netherlands, Feb 1945 during operation Blackcock: US Army technicians work on telephone wiring. The graffiti behind them reads: “1918? Never Again!”
Then image: ?
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel