Featured 1945 Allied forces drive into German town (Husten)

Scanned from original 35mm negatives. Fair condition.

Several more photos can be found at the archive below:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/steamarchive/albums/72157705612524634

 

Interesting pictures! What do you mean with "Husten"?

 

One of the prints that came with them had written the following:

"Town Square, Husten, Germany. We spent one night in the Hotel Union, a musty old bed. Our vehicles (A's) practically filled up the square"

 

Ah, thanks, now I got it. It is Hüsten (Arnsberg)...

 

Thanks for posting these pictures. Can you tell us how you acquired these pictures?

 

No problem.

I got these from Ebay, they shipped from the USA. About 12 photos, but from the numbering they appear to be part of a larger collection. Always a shame when collections get broken up, as this creates gaps in the telling of the event which once took place.

 

It would be interesting to see this same spot today, before and after as it were. I did a brief google map search an was unable to locate the town square. It may not be there any longer?

 

http://www.energy-center.info/bilder/Energy-Info-Center.jpg

or google Hüstener Markt Arnsberg. the hotel is nowadays a business building.
http://www.energy-center.info/

Wenn das der Führer wüsste...

 

Thank you for posting the links, very interesting!

 

It's a very intact town.

 

the center seems to be okay. but they had heavy industries around the town - steel etc. - so probably also bombed before the US had their picnic on the market place.
https://www.google.ch/search?tbm=is...hQKHcIHC8AQ4lYIMCgH&biw=1536&bih=711&dpr=1.25