Timo Worst
@timoworst.bsky.social
www.knittelbooks.com
Author of "Career, Crimes and Trial of SS-Sturmbannführer Gustav Knittel", "A Week of Horror in the Ardennes: an investigation into the war crimes of Schnelle Gruppe Knittel" and "The SS in the Ambléve Valley".
Author of "Career, Crimes and Trial of SS-Sturmbannführer Gustav Knittel", "A Week of Horror in the Ardennes: an investigation into the war crimes of Schnelle Gruppe Knittel" and "The SS in the Ambléve Valley".
Stavelot: German weapons and uniform pieces found during the clearing of rubble have been collected at the damaged basin at the Place Wibald. In the background the Rue du Châtelet with the destroyed Pirnay, Pirson and Legrand houses and the burned out Crasson house with its distinctive chimney
December 9, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Stavelot: German weapons and uniform pieces found during the clearing of rubble have been collected at the damaged basin at the Place Wibald. In the background the Rue du Châtelet with the destroyed Pirnay, Pirson and Legrand houses and the burned out Crasson house with its distinctive chimney
[1/4] The first house the men of SS-Untersturmführer Coblenz reached on the Sous-Bailleu on the edge of Parfondruy belonged to Marguerite Denis-Thill who was suddenly confronted with four German soldiers who asked if there were any Americans.
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#battleofthebulge #worldwartwo #historybook #ardennes
December 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM
[1/4] The first house the men of SS-Untersturmführer Coblenz reached on the Sous-Bailleu on the edge of Parfondruy belonged to Marguerite Denis-Thill who was suddenly confronted with four German soldiers who asked if there were any Americans.
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#battleofthebulge #worldwartwo #historybook #ardennes
Kaiserbaracke: March 2025 and December 1944...
December 5, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Kaiserbaracke: March 2025 and December 1944...
The Vieux Château farm where Joseph Rensonnet lived with his wife Victorine (née Noupre) and their eleven children. The barn was burned down after it was hit by American artillery. After regular German troops replaced the SS, the family was evacuated.
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#battleofthebulge #worldwartwo #historybook
December 4, 2025 at 10:43 AM
The Vieux Château farm where Joseph Rensonnet lived with his wife Victorine (née Noupre) and their eleven children. The barn was burned down after it was hit by American artillery. After regular German troops replaced the SS, the family was evacuated.
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#battleofthebulge #worldwartwo #historybook
Pauline and Laure Rensonnet. When the SS occupied the farm, the girls hid behind a curtain under the stairs near the stables where the Germans ate and drank. They were terrified and did not dare to come out. After several days during which the girls had nothing to eat or drink, the Germans left.
December 4, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Pauline and Laure Rensonnet. When the SS occupied the farm, the girls hid behind a curtain under the stairs near the stables where the Germans ate and drank. They were terrified and did not dare to come out. After several days during which the girls had nothing to eat or drink, the Germans left.
Candles at the Petit-Spay bridge for the men from 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment murdered by Schnelle Gruppe Knittel on the 21st of December 1944...
December 2, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Candles at the Petit-Spay bridge for the men from 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment murdered by Schnelle Gruppe Knittel on the 21st of December 1944...
Sd. Kfz. 251/9 'Stummel' from the Kanonenzug, schwere Kompanie, SS-PzAA1, destroyed at the the Place du Marché (today Place Saint Remacle) in the evening of the 18th of December 1944 by Sherman 'B15' (Sergeant Kirksey) from B Company, 743rd Tank Battalion.
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#battleofthebulge #worldwartwo #historybook
December 2, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Sd. Kfz. 251/9 'Stummel' from the Kanonenzug, schwere Kompanie, SS-PzAA1, destroyed at the the Place du Marché (today Place Saint Remacle) in the evening of the 18th of December 1944 by Sherman 'B15' (Sergeant Kirksey) from B Company, 743rd Tank Battalion.
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#battleofthebulge #worldwartwo #historybook
The flyer Jules and Mélie Hurlet distributed hoping to find their missing son Lucien...
November 28, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The flyer Jules and Mélie Hurlet distributed hoping to find their missing son Lucien...
48-year-old widower Louis Nicolay and his 13-year-old son Michel lived in Trois-Ponts and were both murdered by the SS in the afternoon of the 19th of December 1944.
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#battleofthebulge #historybook #worldwartwo #worldwar2 #ww2 #ardennes
November 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
48-year-old widower Louis Nicolay and his 13-year-old son Michel lived in Trois-Ponts and were both murdered by the SS in the afternoon of the 19th of December 1944.
#battleofthebulge #historybook #worldwartwo #worldwar2 #ww2 #ardennes
#battleofthebulge #historybook #worldwartwo #worldwar2 #ww2 #ardennes
SS PK-Berichter (propaganda company reporter) Max Büschel photographed a weary-looking SS-Obersturmführer Goltz at the Kaiserbaracke crossroads on the 18th of December 1944. In 1948, Heinz Goltz was tried and sentenced for his role in the murders in and around Stavelot
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#battleofthebulge
November 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
SS PK-Berichter (propaganda company reporter) Max Büschel photographed a weary-looking SS-Obersturmführer Goltz at the Kaiserbaracke crossroads on the 18th of December 1944. In 1948, Heinz Goltz was tried and sentenced for his role in the murders in and around Stavelot
#battleofthebulge
#battleofthebulge
Does anyone know whether the American army, under the Trump regime's new DEI rules, is still allowed to commemorate the Wéreth 11 in this way?
Next month, on 17 December, the murders will be 81 years ago...
#wereth11 #battleofthebulge #worldwartwo #DEI
Next month, on 17 December, the murders will be 81 years ago...
#wereth11 #battleofthebulge #worldwartwo #DEI
November 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Does anyone know whether the American army, under the Trump regime's new DEI rules, is still allowed to commemorate the Wéreth 11 in this way?
Next month, on 17 December, the murders will be 81 years ago...
#wereth11 #battleofthebulge #worldwartwo #DEI
Next month, on 17 December, the murders will be 81 years ago...
#wereth11 #battleofthebulge #worldwartwo #DEI
The blood-stained photo of SS-Unterscharführer Krag found in the Dejardin-Dehousse house after the battle. Siegmund Krag died on the 17th of January 1945 and is buried at the German war cemetery in Lommel: Block 18, Grave 639
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#worldwartwo #battleofthebulge #historybook #worldwar2 #ww2
November 23, 2025 at 10:20 AM
The blood-stained photo of SS-Unterscharführer Krag found in the Dejardin-Dehousse house after the battle. Siegmund Krag died on the 17th of January 1945 and is buried at the German war cemetery in Lommel: Block 18, Grave 639
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#worldwartwo #battleofthebulge #historybook #worldwar2 #ww2
Soldiers from the Pionierzug waiting for the start of the offensive. In the middle: SS-Unterscharführer Krag. The photo originates from a camera found on a dead SS soldier in the yard of Grégoire's Shell depot in Stavelot
The Pionierzug was responsible for the murders in Renardmont
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The Pionierzug was responsible for the murders in Renardmont
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November 23, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Soldiers from the Pionierzug waiting for the start of the offensive. In the middle: SS-Unterscharführer Krag. The photo originates from a camera found on a dead SS soldier in the yard of Grégoire's Shell depot in Stavelot
The Pionierzug was responsible for the murders in Renardmont
#battleofthebulge
The Pionierzug was responsible for the murders in Renardmont
#battleofthebulge
Staff Sergeant Van Tine, with his wife Bettie (née Shaner) and their daughter Jaqueline. Truman Luther Van Tine was born in Gladstone, Henderson County, Illinois on the 6th of September 1919 and served as a tank commander in Company ‘C’, 40th Tank Battalion, 7th Armored Division.
November 17, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Staff Sergeant Van Tine, with his wife Bettie (née Shaner) and their daughter Jaqueline. Truman Luther Van Tine was born in Gladstone, Henderson County, Illinois on the 6th of September 1919 and served as a tank commander in Company ‘C’, 40th Tank Battalion, 7th Armored Division.
[1/2] On the afternoon of 18.12.1944, the Sherman tank of Staff Sergeant Van Tine, the lead tank of the column from CCA, approached Poteau when the vehicles were met with heavy enemy fire. Panzergrenadiers from Gruppe Hansen were positioned in the houses on the outskirts of the hamlet...
November 17, 2025 at 8:25 AM
[1/2] On the afternoon of 18.12.1944, the Sherman tank of Staff Sergeant Van Tine, the lead tank of the column from CCA, approached Poteau when the vehicles were met with heavy enemy fire. Panzergrenadiers from Gruppe Hansen were positioned in the houses on the outskirts of the hamlet...
The Prince-Demaret family lived next door to the Legaye-Crismer family on the Route de Trois-Ponts in Stavelot. 42-year-old Marie and her children, 14-year-old Yvon, 12-year-old Elisa and 4-year-old Pol, were all shot by the SS on the 19th of December 1944.
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#battleofthebulge #worldwartwo #worldwar2
November 9, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The Prince-Demaret family lived next door to the Legaye-Crismer family on the Route de Trois-Ponts in Stavelot. 42-year-old Marie and her children, 14-year-old Yvon, 12-year-old Elisa and 4-year-old Pol, were all shot by the SS on the 19th of December 1944.
#battleofthebulge #worldwartwo #worldwar2
#battleofthebulge #worldwartwo #worldwar2
The Legaye and Prince houses photographed shortly after the battle. The SS murdered 23 people in the garden, 14 of them children, the youngest 4 years old.
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#battleofthebulge #worldwartwo #worldwar2 #historybook #ww2 #ardennes
November 9, 2025 at 10:59 AM
The Legaye and Prince houses photographed shortly after the battle. The SS murdered 23 people in the garden, 14 of them children, the youngest 4 years old.
#battleofthebulge #worldwartwo #worldwar2 #historybook #ww2 #ardennes
#battleofthebulge #worldwartwo #worldwar2 #historybook #ww2 #ardennes
The Legaye-Crismer family, from left to right:
Alice Legaye (39)
Marie Legaye-Crismer (63)
Marcel Legaye
Jeanne Legaye-Tigny
Fernand Legaye
Marie-Jeanne Legaye (8)
Jeanne Legaye (40)
Prosper Legaye (65)
Prosper, Marie, Jeanne, Alice and Marie-Jeanne were among the 23 people murdered by the SS.
Alice Legaye (39)
Marie Legaye-Crismer (63)
Marcel Legaye
Jeanne Legaye-Tigny
Fernand Legaye
Marie-Jeanne Legaye (8)
Jeanne Legaye (40)
Prosper Legaye (65)
Prosper, Marie, Jeanne, Alice and Marie-Jeanne were among the 23 people murdered by the SS.
November 9, 2025 at 10:53 AM
The Legaye-Crismer family, from left to right:
Alice Legaye (39)
Marie Legaye-Crismer (63)
Marcel Legaye
Jeanne Legaye-Tigny
Fernand Legaye
Marie-Jeanne Legaye (8)
Jeanne Legaye (40)
Prosper Legaye (65)
Prosper, Marie, Jeanne, Alice and Marie-Jeanne were among the 23 people murdered by the SS.
Alice Legaye (39)
Marie Legaye-Crismer (63)
Marcel Legaye
Jeanne Legaye-Tigny
Fernand Legaye
Marie-Jeanne Legaye (8)
Jeanne Legaye (40)
Prosper Legaye (65)
Prosper, Marie, Jeanne, Alice and Marie-Jeanne were among the 23 people murdered by the SS.
[1/2] Robert Pflüger was born on the 11th of January 1923 in Degerfelden (today a suburb of Rheinfelden). In December 1944 he was the commander of Panther tank ‘112’. Even before the offensive started his tank broke down in the village of Friesheim. It suffered from engine and battery problems.
November 7, 2025 at 8:57 AM
[1/2] Robert Pflüger was born on the 11th of January 1923 in Degerfelden (today a suburb of Rheinfelden). In December 1944 he was the commander of Panther tank ‘112’. Even before the offensive started his tank broke down in the village of Friesheim. It suffered from engine and battery problems.
19-year-old Georg Kotzur, one of the prime suspects in the Wanne murders. He joined Panzer-Regiment 1 LSSAH in October 1944 and the Ardennes was the first time he saw combat.
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#battleofthebulge #worldwar2 #worldwartwo #ww2 #historybook #ardennes
November 7, 2025 at 8:55 AM
19-year-old Georg Kotzur, one of the prime suspects in the Wanne murders. He joined Panzer-Regiment 1 LSSAH in October 1944 and the Ardennes was the first time he saw combat.
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#battleofthebulge #worldwar2 #worldwartwo #ww2 #historybook #ardennes
The Hemroulle brothers were both born in Wanne: Emile on the 1st of December 1885 and his brother Léon on the 22nd of November 1891. They were both murdered by the SS on the 20th of December 1944.
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#battleofthebulge #worldwartwo #worldwar2 #historybook #ww2 #ardennes
November 5, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The Hemroulle brothers were both born in Wanne: Emile on the 1st of December 1885 and his brother Léon on the 22nd of November 1891. They were both murdered by the SS on the 20th of December 1944.
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#battleofthebulge #worldwartwo #worldwar2 #historybook #ww2 #ardennes
"Ben Ali Libi" voorgedragen door Joost Prinsen
YouTube video by Jacco Toma
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November 3, 2025 at 9:15 AM
The monument for the victims in Wanne with in the background the Chateau de Wanne and the farm of Emile Counet.
November 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The monument for the victims in Wanne with in the background the Chateau de Wanne and the farm of Emile Counet.