On-line Museum BAD NAUHEIM - much Elvis

[MikeFromHolland]

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Interested in the book Elvis in Bad Nauheim by Heli von Westrem


This is Heli than:


This is Heli in 2014:






With this beautiful picture on the cover:

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Elvis im Lido in Paris mit seinen Lieben, Foto: Sammlung Heli von Westrem (Heli Priemel), zweiter neben Elvis: Karatelehrer Jürgen Seydel






I went and searched the internet for more info about Heli and this picture. I stumbled upon a German crowdfunding site:

http://www.crowdfunding-bad-nauheim.de/online-shop/bücher/

Where was stated that the book "Elvis in Bad Nauheim" is an auto-biography written by Heli von Western and her experiences with Elvis in Bad Nauheim. According to someone quoted (Currie Grant) Elvis said: "The only girl, I ever loved, was Heli“.

She now works on Volume 2 of the book.


On this crowdfunding site, some nice pictures are to be found.



German photographer Horst Schüssler:




He made pictures like these:










In overview:





Other pictures from this crowdfunding site:







Two photos from Sigrid Schutz:





Via this site I found the On-line Museum Bad-Nauheim, where you can find many more nice pictures and stories (when using google translate if you don't speak German).


From: http://www.crowdfunding-bad-nauheim.de/online-museum/auf-elvis-spuren-in-bad-nauheim/ ("Traces of Elvis in Bad Nauheim") :


Elvis radelt mit einem Stift für Autogramme in der Hand entspannt ein paar Takte in der Goethestrasse. Rechts im Hintergund ist das Haus seines Zahnarztes zu sehen. Links im Hintergrund ist ein nicht mehr existenter Gradierbau zu sehen. Foto: Sammlung Rüdiger Puls



Elvis an der Dankeskirche mit einer Kutsche vom nahen Kutscher-Stand, oder von einem Hochzeitspaar, dass sich gerade in der Kirche befindet. Fotos: Rüdiger Puls



Elvis am Solgraben zwischen Goethestraße und dem Windmühlenturm an der Langen Wand, dem längsten Gradierbau Bad Nauheims, Fotos: Rüdiger Puls


Hotel Grunewald, Terrassenstraße 10:


Elvis vor dem Eingang des Hotel Grunewald, Fotos: Rüdiger Puls



Elvis im Schnee vor seinem Hotel Grunewald unter dem Fenster des Musikzimmers, Fotos: Rüdiger Puls



Im Salon des Hotels liegt Elvis entspannt wie zu Hause auf dem Sofa. Der Salon befindet sich im Erdgeschoss zwischen
Frühstücksraum und Musikzimmer. Der Raum stand allen Hotelgästen im Hotel Grunewald zur Verfügung. Fotos: Rüdiger Puls


Privathaus, Goethestraße 14:




Das Parkhotel:











From: http://www.crowdfunding-bad-nauheim.de/online-museum/hotel-grunewald/:


Digitale Sammlung Museum Bad Nauheim, stellvertretend Beatrix van Ooyen, Foto: pv


From: http://www.crowdfunding-bad-nauheim.de/online-museum/elvis-karate/:


Murakami und Elvis in Paris 1960, Foto: Sammlung Andreas Stecker


Several pictures are to be found here: http://www.crowdfunding-bad-nauheim.de/online-museum/gi-elvis-presley/, like:



And many more....



From: http://www.crowdfunding-bad-nauheim.de/online-museum/elvis-presley-himself/:







Reporting at Brooklyn Army Terminal, September 22, 1958



Under way on the U.S.S. Randall. Next stop - Bremerhaven, Germany.


Many pictures from Sigrid Schutz are to be found here:
http://www.crowdfunding-bad-nauheim.de/online-museum/elvis-in-bad-nauheim-ein-aufruhr/


A series about Elvis' BMW: http://www.crowdfunding-bad-nauheim.de/online-museum/bmw-museum-zu-gast-im-online-museum-bad-nauheim/

Elvis Team Berlin: http://www.crowdfunding-bad-nauheim.de/online-museum/elvis-team-berlin-zu-gast-im-online-museum-bad-nauheim/


Elvis - Nearly Private In Bad Nauheim - gepostet vom ELVIS TEAM BERLIN March - 24th 2015


Enjoy!

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[epf]

Thanks MikeFH. Lots of new pictures to me. It reminds me of the book Private Presley.

[Juan Luis]

Thanks!

[drjohncarpenter]

Quite a mix of army-era photos, thanks for the share.

It's a little odd that Heli von Westrem uses a 1960 photo from Paris as the cover photo for her book "Elvis in Bad Nauheim" -- maybe she didn't have anything better. Here's who I believe we see there:

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Joe Esposito, Heli von Westrem, unknown, Lamar Fike, Elvis, unknown, Jürgen Seydel, and Cliff Gleaves at Le Lido, Paris - January 1960


It was during this final army furlough that Elvis attended several classes with Tetsuji Murakami, a Japanese master of of Shotokan karate.

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Finally, here's a small article on Jürgen Seydel in the German tabloid Bild, about a month after Elvis returned to the U.S.:

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It's too bad Elvis never returned to the spa town of Bad Nauheim, or the City of Light, for a concert tour. He had a heap of fun in 1959-1960.

[MikeFromHolland]

Quite a mix of army-era photos, thanks for the share.

It's a little odd that Heli von Westrem uses a 1960 photo from Paris as the cover photo for her book "Elvis in Bad Nauheim" -- maybe she didn't have anything better. Here's who I believe we see there:

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Joe Esposito, Heli von Westrem, unknown, Lamar Fike, Elvis, unknown, Jürgen Seydel, and Cliff Gleaves at Le Lido, Paris - January 1960


It was during this final army furlough that Elvis attended several classes with Tetsuji Murakami, a Japanese master of of Shotokan karate.

600100_w Tetsuji Murakami_Paris.jpg

Finally, here's a small article on Jürgen Seydel in the German tabloid Bild, about a month after Elvis returned to the U.S.:

600320_Bild_Seydel article.jpg

It's too bad Elvis never returned to the spa town of Bad Nauheim, or the City of Light, for a concert tour. He had a heap of fun in 1959-1960.

Thanks! Even more info about Elvis and Karate in Paris is to be found following the link I provided in my OP:

http://www.crowdfunding-bad-nauheim.de/online-museum/elvis-karate/

Including this nice action shot from Seydel:




I think the reason Heli von Westrem used the Paris photo for her book cover on Elvis in Bad Nauheim is that it's probably the only photo where she is on together with Elvis. I couldn't find any other photo with her and Elvis on the same picture.


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[G.I. Blues]

For your viewing pleasure!

[MikeFromHolland]

For your viewing pleasure!

WOWWWW G.I. Blues. You've made my day!!

Thanks!

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[G.I. Blues]

For your viewing pleasure!

WOWWWW G.I. Blues. You've made my day!!

Thanks!

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You're welcome!

These pictures don't deserve a WOWWWW, but your recent input on this forum does!

Wanna see a Army picture that might be worth a WOWWWW?

[MikeFromHolland]

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Unexpected seeing HQ pics I haven't seen in that quality before, always deserves a big WOWWWW from me

Wanna see a Army picture that might be worth a WOWWWW?

Is a bluebird blue?

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[G.I. Blues]

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Unexpected seeing HQ pics I haven't seen in that quality before, always deserves a big WOWWWW from me

Wanna see a Army picture that might be worth a WOWWWW?

Is a bluebird blue?

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Knowing the answer beforehand it was a rhetoric question from my site
I will post the picture when I'm back home this evening!

[MikeFromHolland]

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Unexpected seeing HQ pics I haven't seen in that quality before, always deserves a big WOWWWW from me

Wanna see a Army picture that might be worth a WOWWWW?

Is a bluebird blue?

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Knowing the answer beforehand it was a rhetoric question from my site
I will post the picture when I'm back home this evening!

Meanwhile I found a nice video on YouTube that fits this topic exactly. A tour through the places Elvis went in Bad Nauheim etc. Nice to watch. The video was posted on YT in July 2008 already, by Andrei Politoukhin:

Elvis Presley's unknown years in Germany
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And of the museum in Bad-Nauheim, posted in 2011:

Elvis Presley Museum Ausstellung Bad Nauheim
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[MikeFromHolland]

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Another picture from the dinner in Paris:

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[G.I. Blues]

Here we go! Enjoy!

[MikeFromHolland]

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Thank you G.I. Blues!



And one in return

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[G.I. Blues]

Elvis' own opinion:

[MikeFromHolland]

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He tips his "hat" to that:

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[G.I. Blues]

Very nice!

[matilda]

Don't know if its true-cause it came out of priscillas mouth- that elvis wanted as a honeymoon trip go back in 1967 to bad nauheim......but if.....

[jurasic1968]

If Elvis wanted to do such thing, The Colonel stopped him very fast.

[MikeFromHolland]

Don't know if its true-cause it came out of priscillas mouth- that elvis wanted as a honeymoon trip go back in 1967 to bad nauheim......but if.....

I wished they did.

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[MikeFromHolland]

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Update, Another book by Heli von Westrem can be ordered here: https://www.booy-verlag.de/shop/

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