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the main purpose of my blog is to share historical information; facts, short stories and photos, mostly about the 3rd reich

( ! ) - all posts are strictly for educational purposes and made out of an interest in history, i do not support or sympathize with any of the ideologies associated

while i take the time to throughoutly research anything i post about, mistakes happen. feel free to point out any misinformation so i can correct it!

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sophisticated wonderboy karl brandt moving awkward as fuck alert

hitler's golden gun

the only picture of the actual gun i could find

"hitlers golden gun", a 7.65mm walther semi-automatic pistol was gifted to him by the man himself, carl walther on hitlers 50th birthday, 20th of april 1939.

the gun was likely first manufactured in '35 and engraved much later. the engraving reads "ehrengabe der familien walther" which roughly translates to "honorarium from the walther family".

this was not the gun hitler shot himself with.

the pistol was supposedly discovered in a safe in hitler's old munich appartment in late 1945 and brought to america, where it was auctioned off in 1987 for $114 000. there was very little publicity about the auction, to the point where avid collectors at the time had no idea about it. the buyer was private firearms collector who to this day remains anonymous and isn't allowing pictures to be taken of the gun.

a replica made by the american historical foundation

#educational #history #ww2 germany #3rd reich #ww2 #austrian painter #walther #reichblr #reich fandom

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Trautloft and the rescue from Buchenwald

In August 1944 a group of 168 allied airmen from a number of different counties found themselves in Buchenwald concentration camp. It is certain they would have been executed there if it wasn’t for the aid of a Luftwaffe officer, Hannes Trautloft.

The Luftwaffe had a responsibility for the wellbeing of allied airmen shot down by their pilots over Germany or occupied territory. If a pilot was reported to have parachuted out of an aircraft, the responsible Luftwaffe squadron would ensure they were handed over to a unit close to where they landed who would then transport them to a prisoner of war camp.

The airmen in question upon bailing out over France, hid among the population in civilian clothes but were unfortunately betrayed to the gestapo by a foreign double agent posing as a member of the resistance but working for the Nazis.

As they were not in uniform they were treated as spies and taken to Buchenwald concentration camp instead of a POW camp stated in the Geneva Convention. As can be imagined the men were treated extremely harshly in the camp and were informed by the guards they would not be getting out alive.

Through another prisoner with outside contacts, a message was smuggled out and the whereabouts of the airmen became known to Hannes Trautloft, a Colonel in the Luftwaffe and then Inspector of the Day Fighters. Concerned at what he had learnt, the man arranged a visit to the camp pretending to be inspecting recent bomb damage.

He was told by the camp staff that it was a political prison and a labour camp. He was only shown the guard’s areas and clean parts of the camp and not where the prisoners were being held but across the camp he heard a man shouting to him from behind the fence and pleading for his intervention.

The guards tried to get Trautloft to leave but instead the Colonel told them to stand back while he listened to the man tell him about the 168 airmen who had been transported to the camp illegally and about everything which was happening within the camp.

Trautloft eventually had to leave but escalated the matter to Luftwaffe General Adolf Galland and with the backing of officers Galland, Steinhoff and Rödel he pushed for the airmen‘s release. Trautloft was reportedly so shaken up by what he has seen in the camp he personally wrote to the Buchenwald commandant saying the men better be in good condition upon their release.

In a few days the men were released where they were taken to Stalag Luft 3 but records of Buchenwald found after the war would show the men had been scheduled for execution by the guards just seven days after Trautloft s arrival at the camp.

Trautloft would go on to become a general in the modern German airforce.

There is a documentary about the airmen called The Lost Airmen of Buchenwald and the event is also mentioned in A Higher Call, based on the life of pilot Franz Stigler.

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The Schwimmhalle Finckensteinallee, a 25x50 meter heated indoor swimming pool with a 10-meter high diving tower, was completed in 1938 as a training facility for the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler. Berlin-Lichterfelde, 1941.

hitler's visit to finland

marshal wilhelm keitel, hitler, mannerheim and president risto ryti (1942)

on june 4th 1942, hitler made a visit to finland under extreme secrecy to celebrate the 75th birthday of the marshall of finland, carl gustav mannerheim.

this was hitlers only stay outside of the 3rd reich that summer, and overall an odd venture. hitler didn't travel much in general, and when he did, it was business related. the real purpose of the visit was to ensure finland stay allied to nazi germany.

the visit took place in imatra, where hitler was greeted at immola airfield by president risto ryti and finnish officials, then accompanied to mannerheims personal train. there a birthday meal and negotiations took place.

hitler dining with finnish prime minister jukka rangell, president risto ryti and mannerheim (1942)

during his visit, in this train car the only known recording of hitler's normal voice was taped.

a sound engineer for the finnish brodcaster yleisradio (yle) thor damen, had been tasked with recording hitler's official speech and birthday message to mannerheim, after which thor continued to record the private conversation between the two without permission.

after 11 minutes, hitlers ss guards noticed and made a cutthroat gesture as a polite suggestion for him to stop recording. they demanded for the tape to be destroyed, but yle was eventually allowed to keep it in a sealed container with the promise of it not being opened again.

it was made available to the public later in 1969, and you can listen to it here:

many doubted its authenticity after the tapes release due to hitlers voice being 'too soft'. the reason for this was most likely the fact he'd been drinking, something hitler didn't do often.

today, a largely unknown stone plaque commemorates the meeting, 400 metres away from it's original place as it was moved in 1994 to a quieter location due to it being in an industrial area.

the memorial plaque, saivaanhoivintie imatra

the coach in which the meeting took place in is on display in mikkeli and open to the public once a year on mannerheims birthday.

mannerheims saloon car on display, mannerheimintie 1 mikkeli

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Interior decoration of Waffen SS employee's locker.

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such a speaking silence

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Y'all I deadass wish I could find more information and more pics about this pretty man. Franz Ruhl 💔💔 he's so beautiful he deserves so much better urgh