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1937 Kreistag Duren Badge
Kreistag Duren 1937: mountain castle view over the Hürtgen forest, brass plated metal,
plated steel pin, 38 mm, virtually mint.
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On the 16th November 1944, Düren was completely destroyed by Allied air bombings during World War II. Approximately 22,000 people lived in Düren at that time; 3,000 of them died during the bombing. It was impossible to live in Düren after the city had been completely destroyed. Those who survived had to leave their homeland and were evacuated to central Germany. After the evacuations, only 4 people continued to live in Düren.
In 1945, the city was located
on the main fighting front, and one of the bloodiest battles
was fought on Düren's
district area in the Hürtgenwald. On the 25th of February
1945, U.S. troops crossed the Rur at Düren. After the
war was over in the summer of 1945, many evacuated people
came back to the destroyed city and started to rebuild their
homes - against the will of the American troops. By June
1945, the population had risen to 3806. Much of the architecture
in Düren therefore dates from the 1950s. --- wikipedia