Hello everybody, any German governmental authority, be that a.o. the Armed Services, the German Government as such led by Dönitz ceased to exist on June 5th 1945 by the so called Berlin Declaration, signed by the four allied powers, basically saying the Allies took over all branches of governmental authorities ex nunc from the "Third Reich", leaving Das Deutsche Reich in its borders
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Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, here are some pictures about said subject:
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Hello RB, glad to hear from you again and hope everything is fine. I´m right now in Wellington,CO, trying not to spoil my grandchildren to much, digging into those T-Bones and having a few coors. All the Best VEK
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Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, the following link: has you lokk at some picture taken when said boats were transported by road from DRESDEN at the river Elbe to INGOLSTADT at the Danube from the boats were shopped to the Black sea.
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Hell Yound Lady, here a few additonal infos concerning this song with READER at Nueremberg:
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Hello Young Lady, please try this link: And then click below the text were Hermann Löns is mentioned as the poet of this song "Weltkrieg Liedersammlung". If this still doesn`t provide resluts I suggest you contact the German embassy and ask to help foryour libery.
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Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, just found this link on BBC:
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Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, the Admiral gave the following speech to an English speeking audience after he retired from the Bundesmarine in or around 1970; I don`t know the exact time and occasion as to when it was given. Maybe one of our moderators wants to put this at a "special section of our forum. Manning and Training the U-Boat Fleet By Konteradmiral Erich Topp (Retd).
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Hello Ken, thanks for the message and link.
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Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, just found this on my tv-agenda: This is about three German U-boats found in English waters. The documentary claims that neither in German nor in English files is anything found about this event. Please note the other time in April when this docu is to be aired again.
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Hello Ken and All, it might refer to firing procedures like Lage l(inks)=left or Lage r(echts)=right. But you all are the experts.
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Howdy All, I should have been more precise: "probably the boat from our French friends, LIKE ALL CONTINANTELS, drove on the "wrong" side of the street." okay, let`s be happy nothing happend to the sailors on board, except maybe the one or other courtmarshal.
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Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, well, probably the boat from our French friends drove on the "wrong" side of the street.
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Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, for you all as info: documentary by ARTE about said boat, supposedly very interesting.
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Hello Ken Deshaies, thank you very much; maybe you want to send this list to Gummiso he could add the boats & this docu from ARTE to the other pecial themes. Have a nice Sunday.
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Hello Dennis Martin, no I haven`t read those books. But what would be interesting to know if any of you experts on such matters could come up with other particular uboats participating in said rescue operations. You all have a nice weekend!
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addendum: This docu describes the saving of civilians from East Prussia at the end of WWII by U 3505,including 50 children despite orders from the brass not take any of these people on board. Another boat to be mentioned on such missions was U 999. It was said that altogther ca. 2.500 people were saved at this period of time by uboats from the advancing Russian Army. Taking this number
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Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, please be informed: Well congratulation to our Amercan friends as well to those of us who be lokking forward to Barack Obama taking office today.
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Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, it is in GMT x - 30 and the Gummi-family little boy is celebrated by his parents his first changing of the years time. It gives all of us a chance to wish the creator of these forums all the Best for the new year as now being a "gang" of three and thanks for us being able to take part in this enterprice or the last couple of years. Anyway to the rest
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Dear Ms. "Gummi" and Gummi, congratulation for the new citizen on this globe in Iceland. In about eighteen years this might be in the cards: Hans, mein Sohn, was machst du da? Vater, ich studiere. Hans, mein Sohn, das kannst du nicht! Vater, ich probiere. Alter Spruch or: Da steh ich schon, des Chaos vielgeliebter Sohn. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, (1749 - 1832), deu
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Dear Ladies and gentlmen, hope you all had or still will have a nice christmas the poor soldiers of said ship could not have:
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Howdy Gentlemen and the Barry-familiy, well, Barry I am damn sure that stupid Devel still doesn`t know what happend! We`ll take your fantastic Do Chara as a hint from your palce above to us down here to behave and will do so with this BLACK STUFF in an Irish Harb to say PROST to great Gentleman. All the best VEK
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Hello Gentlemen, Ocean boarding could also mean in German "seetüchtiges Schiff",if you take boarding (Ausstattung) a ship as being equiped so to handle water/weather conditions at sea.
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Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, just found this info on Der Spiegel, checked its English site, not publihes there as of jet: Anyway some 26 engima - maschines were found in Spain in a house under the roof. There were supposed to be send to Franco by H to help him win the Spanish Civi War.
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Hello GH, just checked the English site of Der Spiegel but couldn´t find the report. It sometimes appears a little later so you want to keep an eye on the its English site.
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Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, new info on what the Americans plan to do on what is left over from Paukenschlag on the bottom of the sea:
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Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, for your info: According to Der Spiegel" the movie "Sucks". You all have a nice weekend.
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Helo Will, das könnte man mit: "Männer mal herhören!" übersetzen.
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Hello Denis Martin, I guess this is the thread: when we talked about this author and you are right. Btw what does FTU mean?
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Hello MPC and All, as to this particular subject-matter please check: Here you´ll find three death-verdicts executed after a few days after 08.V.1945 within the German Navy but on speedboats. I am not aware of any such incidents within the German U-boat-arm in Norway after May fifth 1945 and before except the notorious Eck -Case. As to the author you quoted I don`t think him to b
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