German Sources about the „Battle of Aachen“

German Orders and Reports

Date	Short Description	PDF
09-07-1944	Evacuation directives of the Interior Minister	DQ 0
09-10-1944	Evacuation order by Himmler	DQ 1
09-11-1944	Evacuation order by Gauleiter	DQ 2
09-13-1944	Graf v. Schwerin’s report on the situation	DQ 3
09-13-1944	Additional order by Gauleiter	DQ 4
09-14-1944	Radio messages between Schack and Schwerin	DQ 5
09-15-1944	Report on evacuation by General Schack	DQ 6
09-15-1944	Report on evacuation by General Schwerin	DQ 7
09-15-1944	Report on evacuation by General Mattenklott	DQ 8
10-10-1944	Announcement to the citizens of Aachen	DQ 8bis
10-18-1944 to 10-21-1944	Radio messages by Colonel Wilck	DQ 9
10-08-1944 to 10-21-1944	Excerpt from Wehrmacht High Command war diary	DQ 10

German propaganda in ”Westdeutscher Beobachter“ – newspaper of the NSDAP

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The scans were provided with kind permission of the State Archives in Eupen (Belgium). The newspaper inventory “Westdeutscher Beobachter” bears the signature: Staatsarchiv in Eupen, X177-30.

Date	Short description	PDF
07-06-1944	Reports about the start of the Normandy landings	WDB_06.07.1944
09-07-1944	Rallying calls by the NS propaganda	WDB_05.09.1944
09-06-1944	Portraying the “Westwall” as defensive position	WDB_06.09.1944
09-07-1944	Preparing for the battle for the „Reich“	WDB_07.09.1944

Contemporary witness reports from the “Zeitschrift des Aachener Geschichtsvereins” (1955, 1963, 1972) (Journal of the Aachen History Association)

The following collections of contemporary witness reports about the “Battle of Aachen” have been edited in 1955, 1962 and 1972 by Bernhard Poll (1901-1981), director of the municipal archives in Aachen. They show the understanding of the history of World War II in the early post-war decades. Nowadays, this collection has become a historical source itself. The documents are copyrighted by the Aachener Geschichtsverein (Aachen History Association). We greatly appreciate the kind permission to reproduce.