Velsen Zuid – Meervlietstraat (2)

Posted on September 4, 2022 by Adm.CorSleutel

Entrance to the German garrison base, where German soldier and Canadian troops check and accept soldiers wishing to surrender, 11May 1945.

Note: it does not look the same location but Velsen Zuid has shrunken because of the widening of the canal. The location is determined on the base of the other photo in velsen zuid.

Then photo: Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3203850
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel

Middelburg – Markt

Posted on September 4, 2022 by Adm.CorSleutel

The Germans surrender on 6 November 1944 to the Allies. After that more allied soldiers gathered on the Markt in Middleburg.
Then image: ?
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel

Bonn – Friedensplatz

Posted on August 20, 2022 by Adm.CorSleutel

Allied American Soldiers waiting for further orders during the battle of Bonn at the Friendensplatz looking into the Friedrichstrasse, March 1945.
Then image: ?
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel

Bonn – Friedrichstrasse

Posted on August 13, 2022 by Adm.CorSleutel

American Soldiers clearing the streets of Bonn when entering the city centre. Covered under the carpet probably lays a dead soldier that passed away during the battle for the city, March 1945.
Then image: US Army Photo
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel

Bonn – Beethovenhaus (5)

Posted on August 7, 2022 by Adm.CorSleutel

Soldiers walking in the courtyard of the Beethovenhaus in 1945. The old image is from a movieframe. The same angle is a coincidence when taking a photo of my girlfriend.
Then image: movieframe
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel

Velsen Zuid – Meervlietstraat (1)

Posted on August 4, 2022 by Adm.CorSleutel

Privates W. R. Hill and H. A. Gammon of 1st Canadian Corps on guard duty with a German soldier who is also on guard duty, at the German garrison,Velsen-Zuid
(not IJmuiden),The Netherlands, 11th May 1945.
Then image: Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3211669
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel

Bonn – Sterntor

Posted on July 31, 2022 by Adm.CorSleutel

1st US Army in front of the Sterntor in Bonn, 1945.
Then image: LIFE Magazine Archives – John Florea Photographer
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel

Euskirchen – Vuvenstrasse

Posted on July 26, 2022 by Adm.CorSleutel

American soldiers in the Vuvenstrasse corner Hochstrasse building a communication line in the Gasthof Hansa Eck, Euskirchen, March 1945.
Then image: US signal corps
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel

Euskirchen – Herz Jesu Kirche

Posted on July 10, 2022 by Adm.CorSleutel

MP’s with the US 518th Military Police Battalion perfom traffic control and other duties in the city of Euskirchen, Germany in april 1945.
Then image: LIFE magazine – John Florea (non commercial only educational use)
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel

Bonn – Wilhelmstrasse

Posted on July 1, 2022 by Adm.CorSleutel

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