I had the slide of the chateau so I thought I might as well add to the rest. My pleasure with posting and fixing the slides and agree about the problem of them ending up somewhere else. I always wrestle about posting just for that reason.
It's a worry, isn't it ? When my grandfather came back from Germany in 1945, he brought with him a bale of field grey cloth, of officer quality. It was made into curtains for the north-facing rear of their house and I have it today, in unfaded lengths, compete with original selvedge...I daren't dispose of it though as I know that the old man would never forgive me if it ended up made up into a uniform for a sympathiser ! The best suggestion that I've heard is that it should be made into a coat for a Dutch child in a winter 1944 scenario.
No No - that would be the servants part, stuck away out of site of the main house, the stables are much more fanciful than those - bit like yours I hear TD
I started scanning the second tray of slides and am fascinated by some of the shots. I did spend some small amount of time enhancing the light, colour and trying to blend some spots. Interested as always for feedback and comments
At least your second-last slide is not Russia. And finding that location must be possible! Congratulations on your amazing collection. There must be enough to make a book out of it. Or am I being old fashioned now?
The lady in the glass of L'église Saint-Jean de Caen | Danièle Perré http://www.normandythenandnow.com/caen-before-and-after-the-battle-of-1944/
And - but this is a very wild guess - if this photo above is of Caen, then could this one (by any chance, maybe, possibly) be taken at Plage Riva Bella looking towards Merville-Franceville, showing the very early stages of the Atlantic Wall??? A great study project! And could this then be the bank of the Caen a la Mer Canal? At least character, height of bank and width of canal seems quite similar...
And could this then be the bank of the Caen a la Mer Canal? At least character, height of bank and width of canal seems quite similar... View attachment 236212 [/QUOTE] I have just started to scan the third tray and the first slide I see is a trawler in a canal. Not sure if this helps to figure out the location?
These are the last slides from the first tower. As I was scanning them I almost felt as if I was looking at someone's holiday pictures. You can look at these pictures and almost forget the horrors that were inflicted on the world. The slides also show the Nazi Flag for the first time in colour at a rugby game. Even though it is in the back ground it still manages to stand out in the picture. Always interested in hearing feedback.
Hi Jba, A very interesting collection of slides, thank you for posting. I haven't a proper scanner for negs and slides but from what I understand it is glossy side down and dull side (emulsion) up for proper orientation. I'm wondering if you may have the two images of the storage tanks alongside the waterway (0025 and 194) reversed. If so it could be of the petrol tanks seen north of Pegasus Bridge on the west side of the Canal looking north. There are two sets of 4 tanks there. The more prominent damaged set with its dirt embankment closer to the canal may have been removed by 1943/44. I'll add a couple of aerials one of which comes from Danny posted to another thread. The area marked "d" shows the tanks. Near the large clump of trees furthest north on west side is where the York Bridge would have been built after D-Day. Also there was a narrow-gauge rail line that ran up the west Canal bank into Benouville and over the two bridges at one time There are many features in common between the photo and aerials though it is possible I'm on the wrong track? Regards ...
I starts going through some of the B&W slides and found the following grave site information. Maybe one small bit of information
A snippet of IR 199's history: Third Reich Infanterie-Regiment 199 List 1940 Sports Award Document – Adolf Hitlers WW1 Traditional Regiment Pity the cuff title only came along in 1944 - it might have helped identification.
2. Infanterie Regiment 199 List Lexikon der Wehrmacht 57. Infanterie-Division Lexikon der Wehrmacht - 57. Infanterie-Division A couple of these men have entries with photos on FindaGrave website which have been added to the info from the Volksbund site, see Fisch & Pfleger. [Edit: Also added some War Memorial links, etc]: Surname: Auracher First Name: Julius Rank: Schütze DOB: 03.08.1919 POB: München Date missing/death: 05.06.1940 Place missing/death: vicinity of Abbeville Julius Auracher rests in the war cemetery in Bourdon. Grave location: Block 27 Row 12 Grave 455 Nachname: Brunner Vorname: Johann Dienstgrad: Schütze Geburtsdatum: 21.04.1912 Geburtsort: Donaustauf Todes-/Vermisstendatum: 05.06.1940 Todes-/Vermisstenort: Villers sur Mareuil Johann Brunner ruht auf der Kriegsgräberstätte in Bourdon. Endgrablage: Block 27 Reihe 15 Grab 585 Nachname: Lohmaier Vorname: Erhard Dienstgrad: Gefreiter Geburtsdatum: 27.11.1914 Geburtsort: Pemmering Todes-/Vermisstendatum: 05.06.1940 Todes-/Vermisstenort: Abbeville Erhard Lohmaier ruht auf der Kriegsgräberstätte in Bourdon. Endgrablage: Block 27 Reihe 15 Grab 591 War Memorial: Family History Familienforschung Lohmeyer Lohmeier - In Memoriam Lohmeyer Gefallene war memorial - 1939-1945: Zweiter Weltkrieg "Lohmeier, Erhard, 1914, , 05.06.1940, Frankreich, Kriegerdenkmal in Pemmering, Kreis Erding, Bayern" Nachname: Fisch Vorname: Stefan Dienstgrad: Gefreiter Geburtsdatum: 20.10.1915 Geburtsort: Kiefersfelden Todes-/Vermisstendatum: 05.06.1940 Todes-/Vermisstenort: Villers sur Mareuil Stefan Fisch ruht auf der Kriegsgräberstätte in Bourdon. Endgrablage: Block 27 Reihe 15 Grab 586 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112682749/stefan-fisch Nachname: Braun Vorname: Theophil Dienstgrad: Oberleutnant Geburtsdatum: 23.06.1914 Geburtsort: Kook Todes-/Vermisstendatum: 05.06.1940 Todes-/Vermisstenort: Abbeville Theophil Braun ruht auf der Kriegsgräberstätte in Bourdon. Endgrablage: Block 27 Reihe 15 Grab 589 Memorial entry: Ettlenschieß, Alb-Donau-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg - Onlineprojekt Gefallenendenkmäler Nachname: Pfleger Vorname: Josef Dienstgrad: Unteroffizier Geburtsdatum: 17.12.1913 Geburtsort: Grafing Todes-/Vermisstendatum: 05.06.1940 Todes-/Vermisstenort: Abbeville Josef Pfleger ruht auf der Kriegsgräberstätte in Bourdon. Endgrablage: Block 27 Reihe 15 Grab 588 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157466066/josef-pfleger Nachname: Feuerreiter Vorname: Balthasar Dienstgrad: Unteroffizier Geburtsdatum: 05.06.1916 Geburtsort: Bad Tölz Todes-/Vermisstendatum: 05.06.1940 Todes-/Vermisstenort: Abbeville Balthasar Feuerreiter ruht auf der Kriegsgräberstätte in Bourdon. Endgrablage: Block 27 Reihe 15 Grab 590 Nachname: Fischhaber Vorname: Josef Dienstgrad: Schütze Geburtsdatum: 02.02.1913 Geburtsort: Feldgeding Todes-/Vermisstendatum: 05.06.1940 Todes-/Vermisstenort: Abbeville Josef Fischhaber ruht auf der Kriegsgräberstätte in Bourdon. Endgrablage: Block 27 Reihe 15 Grab 587 Parish Register: Pfarrei + 2.Weltkrieg Sterberegister Kiening Genealogie "+ 05.06.1940 + 2.Weltkrieg 433504 Fischhaber Josef 27 Jahre alt * 02.02.1913 Parents: Fischhaber Jakob, Huber Maria" If you are inclined you might want to upload the photo to this site: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2252499/memorial-search?firstName=&lastName=fisch