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Aachen - First West German city liberation in WW2 1944-09-10 - 1944-10-09Aachen names: (French name: Aix-la-Chapelle; German optional name Bad (aka Spa) Aachen ; Dutch name: Aaken; Latin Aquis GranumHistory: A resident's account from the first West German city to be liberated, October 1944This is: http://www.berklix.com/jhs/aachen_1944/
Page author: Julian H. Stacey, Translator: Gary JennejohnThis page is in rapid evolution at 2023-01, its worth checking back to see what's new.Location of events:
Aachen, North
Rhine Westphalia, West Germany
openstreetmap.org Just a few km from the 3 country land border tri-point of Holland / Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Lots of the anti tank concrete triangles are still in the farm fields of the Belgium Germany border (I think from 1st World War, not the 2nd ? PS: en . wikipedia . org / wiki / Barrage_balloon # Target _ identification 
2 bomb shelters for one person under Erzberger- Allee bridge, gone by 2020 07 - Near where the 1944 diary was written, 2 more still existent at 2021-07-18, (similar graffiti) in Burgerpark Moltkebahnhof on East West foot path, West of 'Y' fork of 2 foot paths to 1, South of {Junction of Turpin Str & Von-Goerschen Str}. Description
A description of pre & post invasion period 1944-09-10 to
1944-10-09, in Aachen, North Rhine Westphalia, West Germany.
From a civilian, G. MUELLENMEISTER, given to me by an old lady, a life long resident of Aachen,
a young adult during WW2; She was given it by someone else
who lived further up the same street. In German language.
Aachen was first German city to be captured from West by the Allies during the 2nd world war. How old is this paper
Mine looks like a modern photocopy of something older. I believe copies were duplicated probably
more than once between neighbours over the years, (inc
presumably via Karl Bund, Georgstr 29, 52078 Aachen, as per
rubber stamp the PLZ 52078 indicates it was stamped
sometime after
1st July 1993, when 5 digit PLZ came in Some. time
after that it must have been handed to (or via other
locals) to the resident of Aachen I knew
who was also resident in Aachen in 1944 too. That resident
gave it to me about 2012 or a bit
earlier.
Seemed an interesting snippet of local history, that might have been lost if I didn't scan it & put it on web. German Original Text
English Translation, High Quality Translation by Gary To English
Pending
Technical
Dates
Calendar for 1944
( From Unix command:
cal 1944 |
tail -17 )
OCR from 20221029_141513.jpg by mk@ Re church (North = city
centre end of Erzbergerallee) organ damaged by war
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Bombardement 1944 Die Firmengebaeude von Stahlhuth am Burtscheider Eisenbahnviadukt wurden beim Fliegerangriff auf Aachen am 11. April 1944 getroffen und zerstoert. Hierbei kamen neben vielen Mitarbeitern auch Eduard Peltzer und seine Frau ums Leben, die alle in dieser Nacht Brandwache hielten. Auch das Archiv der Firma ging dabei restlos verloren.
Traffic sign text:
Matthias Erzberger (1875-1921). Zentrumspolitiker
"Unterzeichner des Waffenstillstandsvertrages von 1918 zur Beendigung des Ersten Weltkrieges, Er wurde von Rechtsterroristen ermordet'' |
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