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Aachen - First West German city liberation in WW2 1944-09-10 - 1944-10-09Aachen names: (French: Aix-la-Chapelle; German (optional prefix) Bad (aka Spa) Aachen, Old German (maybe 2+ centuries back?) Achen ; Dutch: Aken (maybe ex Aaken?); Latin: Aquae Granni or AquisgranumHistory: A resident's account from the first West German city to be liberated, October 1944This is: http://www.berklix.com/jhs/aachen_1944/Before you may click for a translation, a Warning:
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Page author: Julian H. Stacey, Translator: Gary JennejohnDescription
A history / An account 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 who lived further up the same street.
Original was in German language.
Aachen was first German city to be captured from the West by the Allies during the 2nd world war. How old was this paper ?
Mine looked 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.
I probably don't have the original paper, I think I scrapped it after I'd thoroghly scanned it, & I'm too busy to search. I dont think I have the .tiff either. The Aachen archivist who asked for the paper, is welcome to look at last page, list of other who the original was also distributed to, mine seemed a copy of a copy, it didnt seem important to keep the paper media, but to publish the information free on the web. Seemed an interesting snippet of history, that might have been lost if I didn't scan it & put it on the web. I saw no copyright & it would be way out of copyright by now. German Original Text
German Original Re Mastered for legibility + English First Translation of machine lower quality + High Quality Translation by Gary To English
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 guess 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}. 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
________July_________________August______________September________ Su_Mo_Tu_We_Th_Fr_Sa__Su_Mo_Tu_We_Th_Fr_Sa__Su_Mo_Tu_We_Th_Fr_Sa__ ___________________1_________1__2__3__4__5__________________1__2__ _2__3__4__5__6__7__8___6__7__8__9_10_11_12___3__4__5__6__7__8__9__ _9_10_11_12_13_14_15__13_14_15_16_17_18_19__10_11_12_13_14_15_16__ 16_17_18_19_20_21_22__20_21_22_23_24_25_26__17_18_19_20_21_22_23__ 23_24_25_26_27_28_29__27_28_29_30_31________24_25_26_27_28_29_30__ 30_31_____________________________________________________________ ______October_______________November______________December________ Su_Mo_Tu_We_Th_Fr_Sa__Su_Mo_Tu_We_Th_Fr_Sa__Su_Mo_Tu_We_Th_Fr_Sa__ _1__2__3__4__5__6__7____________1__2__3__4__________________1__2__ _8__9_10_11_12_13_14___5__6__7__8__9_10_11___3__4__5__6__7__8__9__ 15_16_17_18_19_20_21__12_13_14_15_16_17_18__10_11_12_13_14_15_16__ 22_23_24_25_26_27_28__19_20_21_22_23_24_25__17_18_19_20_21_22_23__ 29_30_31______________26_27_28_29_30________24_25_26_27_28_29_30__ ____________________________________________31____________________ 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. . One such street is is Erzberger- Allee Erzberger- Allee has a street sign with a note appended:
Traffic sign text:
Matthias
Erzberger (1875-1921). Zentrumspolitiker
"Unterzeichner des Waffenstillstandsvertrages von 1918 zur Beendigung des Ersten Weltkrieges, Er wurde von Rechtsterroristen ermordet'' Flying Bombs
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