Hitler in Ypres 1940

Hi,

I've heard that there is a picture of Hitler going to his car which is parked in Kauwekijnstraat ( next door to the Menin Gate ) after visiting the memorial in 1940.

Has anyone got a copy the can post?

Cheers

Soren

 

Cheers Owen,

Don't forget I have been exterminated from the forum, so if someone would be so kind as to post an image of Hitler In Kauwekinstraat I'd be most pleased!

 

Members like him need to be buttered up abit to make sure they hang around.




No we don't. We just don't suffer fools gladly, so I'm OK here!

The Hitler & Car photos I have are taken near Aubers and/or Vimy, but there are a few Ypres shots (one of them is of Uncle Adi walking back to the car at the Menin Gate, but the car is out of shot - shall I flood the thread with piccies?)

Dave

 

Yes please, it's the street where I live (I thought that was a song?)

 

Soren

Yes it is a song from the musical "my Fair Lady"


YouTube - Vic Damone - On The Street Where You Live

I have often walked down this street before;
But the pavement always stayed beneath my feet before.
All at once am I Several stories high.
Knowing I'm on the street where you live.
Are there lilac trees in the heart of town?
Can you hear a lark in any other part of town?
Does enchantment pour Out of ev'ry door?
No, it's just on the street where you live!
And oh! The towering feeling
Just to know somehow you are near.
The overpowering feeling
That any second you may suddenly appear!
People stop and stare. They don't bother me.
For there's no where else on earth that I would rather be.
Let the time go by, I won't care if I
Can be here on the street where you live.

 

Don't forget I have been exterminated from the forum,!

Didn't realise that it was impossible to access images on there (even if they're your own!) if you can't log in. I know now!

Anyway, stuff 'em! Here's the Hitler Tour (ypres & elsewhere), June 1940 ...


Arras



Aubers



Aubers (2)




Aubers (3)



Aubers shoeshine boy



Fournes en Weppe



Fournes en Weppe (1916)



Langemark Soldatenfriedhof



Langemark Soldatenfriedhof (2)



Langemark Soldatenfriedhof (3)



Kemmel belvedere



Kemmel belvedere(2)



Menin Gate



Menin Gate (2)



Notre dame de Lorette



Notre dame de Lorette (2)



Notre dame de Lorette (3)



Rethondes



Vimy



Vimy(2)



Vimy(3)



Ypres

 

There's only one thing to say about that stuff Dave and that is "WOW"

 

Cheers Dave,

Thanks for taking the time to post these, is there a specific one of the men on Kauwekijnstraat?

 

Dave are they from ATB issue 117?


Most of them are, but not all.

Dave

 

Thanks for taking the time to post these, is there a specific one of the men on Kauwekijnstraat?


The first "Menin Gate" photo shows them turning into it, but I've not seen a specific shot of them actually getting nearer the car. However, there is moving footage of this same scene, but it stops as soon as they turn the corner.

dave

 

...a few more...

Fournes en Weppes



Fromelles



Fromelles



Near Fromelles



Near Laon



Reims

 

I know that a detachment of the Leibstandarte always travelled with Der Fuehrer as his personal bodyguard. These men were on rotation from the Front so had battle experience. Otto Guensche, one of Hitler's Valets/Aide de camp/Servants was rotated at least once to active duty and the same happened Traudl Junge's husband (he was killed in Normandy).

 

Kauwekijnstraat?


Soren.

You may be able to help me a little here...are there any houses that "back onto" the moat/ramparts in your street (or are the first ones on Lange Tourhoutstraat)?

If there aren't any, is there any evidence of there ever having been some there? (They wouild have had cellars).

cheers.

Dave

 

Fascinating stuff.
Anyone know exactly what kind of security detatchment travelled with Adolf when out and about in the occupied zones? Looks very substantial in these pics.

Here's a shot of some of them in Brussels...

 

A little bit on the driver(?)...Erich Kempka - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

And here's the entry of the Head of the Bodyguard Oberfuhrer Johann Rattenhuber:
Johann Rattenhuber - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia