September 19

PHOTOS: Germans expel the British from Utrechtseweg

in Arnhem/Photos

German soldiers with a piece of anti-aircraft gun on Boulevard Heuvelink. The soldier on the right who puts a bottle to his mouth is the German war photographer Erich Wenzel. Many of the photos below are from his hand. (Photo: Bundesarchiv.)

On the morning of Tuesday, September 19, 1944, two German Propaganda Kompanie Kriegsberichter arrive in Arnhem: Wenzel and Jacobsen. The war correspondents with their 35 mm cameras took many photos that day of the events in Arnhem. This page shows an image report of the photos Wenzel and Jacobsen took on Utrechtseweg, where they traveled…

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PHOTOS: Germans take hundreds of British prisoners of war

in Arnhem/Photos

Tuesday, September 19, was a dramatic day for the British. At the Gemeentemuseum and via Amsterdamseweg near Oosterbeek, the paratroopers had tried to reach Arnhem, but they were beaten back in both places. The Germans made hundreds of prisoners of war that day. At that time the Germans had several Kriegsberichter walking around in Arnhem,…

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