Talk:Alfred Becker

Leibstandarte at Grebbe line in the Netherlands
The following was stated up to today: The Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler, an SS regiment under Kurt Meyer attached to the 227th for the campaign, created the breakthrough at the Grebbe line.

This is factual untrue. In fact SS Leibstandarte had been withdrawn on the 12th of May 1940 and moved to the south of the Netherlands, where it was employed to assault Rotterdam. The 227th ID was repelled by Dutch forces and lost a significant battle on the 13th of May when it unleashed all three of its infantry regiments into battle around the Dutch city Scherpenzeel, but saw all three rebuffed by Dutch infantry and artillery efforts. The division had to withdraw and regroup. It would find the opposing trenches empty when it moved in for another attack on the 14th of May. The reasom was that the Dutch had taken the entire defence back to the adjecent defences since to the south of the Scherpenzeel events a German break-through of the Grebbeline had occurred, lead by the SS Regiment 'Der Führer' that formed the point formation of the German 207th Infantry Division. The content has been improved along this line. Grebbegoos (talk) 14:16, 26 December 2015 (UTC)

Alfred Becker date of death
Dear sir, I'm the one who has posted information about Alfred Becker, i.e a photo portrait, a picture of him with E. Rommel and Feuchtinger, his "office-truck" and car during the war. Becker occupied the castle of my parents-in-law in 1944 in Fosses-la-Ville.

According to my father--in-law and despite of the fact that he was occupying the house, Becker was a discrete gentleman-officer who once refused the access to the castle of Taravisée to Waffen SS troops that wanted to occupied the area. [quote]What became of him afterwards is not known.[/quote] A few years after the war, my father in law has received a letter from Becker's wife. Alfred Becker was married (24/11/1947 ref Krefeld stadt doc.) to a french woman, Paulette Lecoultre. She was writing in French in the name of Alfred Becker. The last letter with Becker company header, was dated from 1951 and they were still living in the same place, Dülken). As far as I can understand from her letter, Paulette Becker-Lecoultre was a nurse in Normandy and she took care of Becker after he was wounded during the battle.

Becker and his wife were living in Dülken, Rheinland, Mathiasstrasse. At least from 1947 to 1951) Dülken seems to be somehow connected to the nearby municipality of Viersen. Alfred Becker resumed his business after the war. He was owner of two companies near Düsseldorf of which one was located in Dülken: Alfred Becker Maschinenfabriek. I've a copy of his machines catalog. He was building machines for the textile industry and was exporting lots of machines to Belgium and France.

I've written today to the Viersen municipality to request A. Becker date of death. I've not found any information about Paule(tte) Lecoutre on Internet.(genealogy or whatever, nothing) She had family or friends in La Frette, 5 quai de Seine, Seine et Oise, France.(written on the back of picture portraying her).

Alfred Becker resumed his business after the war. He was owner of two companies near Düsseldorf of which one was located in Dülken: Alfred Becker Maschinenfabriek. I've a copy of his machines catalog. He was building machines for the textile industry and was exporting lots of machines to Belgium and France.

If I receive an answer from the municipality of Viersen, I will of course forward you the information about his death date. I always wanted to have information on what happened to him after his leaving from here on September 7th, 1944. I was surprised to learn he was made prisoner in Alsace. I'm wondering how he could escape from here to the South and reach the Alsace. I guess he drove back to Germany first. Best Regards Yves — Preceding unsigned comment added by YvesdR (talk • contribs) 10:55, 26 August 2018 (UTC)

[UPDATE] I've received the requested information from the Krefeld am Rhein municipality. Alfred Becker passed away in Viersen on 26/12/1981 Regards. Yves — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:A03F:3A51:3700:C87:EACE:8A72:42D3 (talk) 07:19, 23 September 2018 (UTC)

As we now know Alfred Becker death date, may I suggest to change that assertion: [quote]Though he had died by the time of its production, his extensive archive was used by the British Ministry of Defense for their 1979 battlefield training film Operation Goodwood.[/quote] A. Becker was still alive in 1979. Regards Yves
 * Thank you for the information, Yves. I have corrected the narrative. Gunbirddriver (talk) 06:08, 13 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Thank you so much, Yves. (Dr.-Ing. Alfred Becker) 2003:F3:23CB:74A:C149:D829:F8AF:DD9A (talk) 16:50, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

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