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Post by Bonobo on Apr 20, 2011 22:18:17 GMT 1
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Post by valpomike on Apr 23, 2011 17:35:23 GMT 1
Were there any German's inside, I can only hope so.
Mike
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Post by Bonobo on Aug 9, 2012 23:29:39 GMT 1
Were there any German's inside, I can only hope so. Mike Nope, only their documents. Look at another Nazi German vehicle which has been restored to its past glory: link |
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Post by Bonobo on Feb 10, 2013 23:13:48 GMT 1
Another WW2 Nazi remnant: Junkers Ju-88 plane sunk in the Baltic Sea. link |
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Post by Bonobo on Jun 4, 2013 20:33:19 GMT 1
Sometimes relics can be dangerous. E.g., keeping too many at home may result in a visit paid to you by the police. The alleged trader of these relic weapons is going to have a court trial. linkDigging out a WW2 Soviet tank link |
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Post by jeanne on Jan 11, 2014 18:17:53 GMT 1
It's scary to think of what might still be buried.
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Post by jeanne on Feb 13, 2014 16:25:54 GMT 1
Speaking of relics...the recent news story of the theft and then the recovery of the relic of John Paul II's blood has me intrigued.
Initially, the press here in the US reported that "his blood" had been stolen from an Italian church. This description of the relic as "the blood of John Paul II" conjured up a vision in my head of a vial containing blood, and being, perhaps in danger of being spilled by the thieves. That was a not a pleasant visual.
Once the relic was recovered by Police, a more factual description of the relic emerged: the relic actually consisted of a small piece of cloth from John Paul's vestments which was stained with his blood from the gunshot wound. A completely different visual!
It just goes to show that we must always be careful interpreting what we read/hear in the press.
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Post by Bonobo on Sept 29, 2015 22:25:53 GMT 1
Speaking of relics...the recent news story of the theft and then the recovery of the relic of John Paul II's blood has me intrigued. I haven`t heard of it. Interesting. |
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Post by Bonobo on Jun 30, 2016 23:50:48 GMT 1
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Post by Bonobo on Feb 7, 2020 0:52:14 GMT 1
German tank Panzer IV. ]  See it today: Wow!  |
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Post by naukowiec on Feb 9, 2020 10:21:47 GMT 1
Wow indeed! Great that it has been so lovingly restored!
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Post by Bonobo on Feb 9, 2020 22:15:35 GMT 1
Wow indeed! Great that it has been so lovingly restored! They are making up for the losses of relics in communism. Such findings were not allowed, they immediately landed in steel works as scrap metal. |
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Post by naukowiec on Feb 12, 2020 20:36:09 GMT 1
they immediately landed in steel works as scrap metal. Well that's a shame. Because they didn't consider them worth repairing/restoring? |
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Post by Bonobo on Feb 13, 2020 13:41:57 GMT 1
they immediately landed in steel works as scrap metal. Well that's a shame. Because they didn't consider them worth repairing/restoring? No, we are talking about Nazi equipment. In a communist state, such things were prohibited. Also, it was impossible to buy Nazi German model planes etc coz they were politically incorrect. |
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Post by naukowiec on Feb 22, 2020 23:18:57 GMT 1
we are talking about Nazi equipment. In a communist state, such things were prohibited. That did cross my mind, but there were so many things back then that I didn't expect under communism, I just wasn't sure. |
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Post by Bonobo on Feb 27, 2020 23:08:46 GMT 1
That did cross my mind, but there were so many things back then that I didn't expect under communism, I just wasn't sure. Communism, especially in Poland, wasn`t a consistent system but in this one matter it was - zero propagation of Nazism. |
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Post by naukowiec on Feb 29, 2020 22:05:37 GMT 1
Communism, especially in Poland, wasn`t a consistent system but in this one matter it was - zero propagation of Nazism. OK, thanks for that information  |
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Post by Bonobo on Mar 1, 2020 16:47:43 GMT 1
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Post by naukowiec on Mar 3, 2020 22:45:36 GMT 1
Wow, what a find! I wonder how it ended up there. NIce of her to donate it to the Navy Museum! Bet that was appreciated.
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Post by Bonobo on Mar 4, 2020 10:07:56 GMT 1
She had spent 2 PLN on it.
Yes, they were very glad to have it.
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Post by Bonobo on Jun 20, 2020 8:06:14 GMT 1
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Post by jeanne on Jun 21, 2020 22:04:46 GMT 1
I don't know how it got there...does the Polish link tell you?...As you know, I don't speak/read the language! |
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Post by Bonobo on Jun 23, 2020 15:39:10 GMT 1
It doesn`t. Well, we can surmise the cup was stolen by German soldiers during their invasion of the USSR and brought along to Szczecin as they retreated under the pressure of the Red Army.
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Post by jeanne on Jun 23, 2020 18:08:37 GMT 1
It doesn`t. Well, we can surmise the cup was stolen by German soldiers during their invasion of the USSR and brought along to Szczecin as they retreated under the pressure of the Red Army. Sounds like a realistic explanation! |
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Post by Bonobo on Dec 31, 2020 15:00:34 GMT 1
As you know, I don't speak/read the language! But you know you can use Chrome browser and turn on its instant translation function, so you can see the whole text in English. Sounds like a realistic explanation! Probably the only one. |
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