Posted on 01/23/2022 12:12:20 AM PST by nickcarraway
Not long after a museum opened on the former Nazi party rally grounds at Nuremberg, locals began turning up in sheepish dribs and drabs with Third Reich memorabilia that had been kept in their families for generations.
Over time the collection grew to thousands of books, including numerous copies of Mein Kampf, and hundreds of knick-knacks and relics, ranging from Adolf Hitler action figures to SS dress daggers and a cast-iron eagle with a 10ft wingspan.
Now the curators must work out what on earth to do with it all. The Documentation Centre, housed in the north wing of the Nazis’ vast unfinished Nuremberg congress hall, is being expanded to treble the number of visitors it can accommodate each year.
The new exhibition halls will feature many of the artefacts donated by members of the public. Putting them on display, however, is far from straightforward.
“This is not an easy subject,” said Florian Dierl, 53, the museum’s director. “It would be an act of mystification if we were to lock them away in a basement. Like every museum, we will have to make a selection.
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I can donate Hitler’s one ball.
What about Goering’s two small ones?
And Dr. Goebbels had no balls at all.
HOW ODD THAT ALL THIS NAZI MEMORABILIA COULD TURN UP WHEN EVERY GERMAN ADAMANTLY SWORE THAT THEY WERE NOT A NAZI, NOR DID THEY PERSONALLY KNOW OF ANYONE THAT WAS. MUST BE A MISTAKE OF SOME SORT.
MAYBE THERE’S SOMETHING TRUE ABOUT THAT OLD HALF FORGOTTEN ADAGE; “SCRATCH A FRENCHMAN, AND YOU’VE GOT A GERMAN, SCRATCH A GERMAN, AND YOU’VE GOT A NAZI.”
IT IS FAR BEYOND MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE ARE JEWS THAT STILL LIVE IN GERMANY!
I suggest a rather large, awfully hot bonfire. Maybe they can call it “Reichstag Day.”
I was in Nuremberg at the Nazi rally grounds, and ascended the steps up to where Hitler would deliver his speeches from. Eerie experience; ghosts from the past all around.
They should sell the stuff at auction. Collectors would gladly pay up for the rarer items.
It's history. Do you want to destroy historical artifacts because they're too triggering? I thought that sort of thing was limited to Antifa.
Depends what they mean by "Nazi memorabilia." During the Nazi era, the swastika was on everything. Coins, stamps, bank notes. Probably on many everyday items. Which meant that everyone used "Nazi memorabilia," even if they opposed the Nazis.
They’ve already destroyed so much — buildings and so forth — from the Nazi era. The more you destroy, the more people start thinking it was a myth, that it never really happened. “Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it” — you’ve heard that before, right?
That is a singularly poor choice of words, being Germany and all.
I had a philosophy professor who started teaching college and studying philosophy as a second career. He attended a rally at Nuremberg. The amphitheater was massive. The NAZIs put large kettle down in front of the stage . There were thousands up on thousands at the rally and all the military units were spit and polish with Nazi guidons identifying units and large banners down toward the front. Hitler walked down the center isle alone with the thundering accolades in rhythm with the kettle drums the roar of “sieg heil” was deafening. The guy showed me a panoramic image of the rally. People forget that rampant inflation and unemployment was what drove Hitler into power. There were literal wars between the communist and the Nazis in the streets of Germany as Hitler struggled to rise to power. Our printing money is going to lead us to rampant inflation.
I’m in for the Panther tank.
Decades ago 60 MINUTES did a report on how the US Army had a mine in Va, packed with nazi memorabilia and art that they kept well restored.
The purpose was that after the stench of nazism had finally died down(in a few centuries) they could be restored to the German people as historical art representing a bad period in their history.
I saw the program way back then, probably over 40-45 years ago.
eBay
Donate all of it to BLM and Antifa.
That is a singularly poor choice of words, being Germany and all.
My now deceased German aunt would say “ You pick, me pick, you pick, me pick….”
They stamped everything they made in the late 30’s through the end of the war.
They built a bunch of compressed gas cylinders like what you would see at a welding supply that were sold over here. If you look at the necks of them you will see a diamond made up of 4 squares. When the cylinders were sent in for their 5 or 10 year hydro test, they were re-stamped to get rid of the nazi symbol. Rarely you might find one that got missed.
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