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1939 Kreistag Badge - Duren
Duren heraldry images: die
stamped plated tombac, steel pin, 36x36 mm, maker
marked RZM
9/28 (Ferdinand
Hoffstätter, Bonn), nice color, light wear.
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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