I belong to both the German Gun Collectors and now the Swiss Rifles gruppen. I would love to own any gun with provenance to Hitler, Goering, Himmler, and especially Die Wiestul Fuchs- FM Irwin Rommel. Any gun, whether is a beat-up K98 Mauser, a Colt 1911-A-1 Officer's series, or a drilling- interests me, and the gun is an inanimate object. Read Albert Speer's great book about the House of Krupp in Essen- and yes, IG Farben, Bayer, Siemens were all involved in Hitler's "final solution" nightmare- so were the Swedes (indirectly, in spite of Red Cross Raoul Walhberg) with their high grade chromium ore, Norway with the access to the North Sea for the Kreigsmarine Untersee Boaten and the so-called "neutral" Swiss, whose bankers helped fund the Rise and Fall of the Third Reich.
History will always been an on-going study- the course of modern Europe today was set from May 1945 and the Russian Cold War--today Germany is a strong ally, and Russia is still a threat, albiet through their "Towel-headed middlemen" Taliban, whom they have financed and tacitly supported for many years. When old fat Nikita K. said "We will bury you to the USA, he didn't mean that the Russkis would be carrying the shovels and picks--
And the I.G. Farben Zyglon-B is/was prussic acid, extremely deadly in closed quarters with no ventilation. And not all Americans opposed Hitler, especially before Dec 1941- Charles Lindberg was a favored guest of Hermann Goering, and the US industrialist and rabid anti-Semite, Henry Ford was working with Fokker on their triplane transport aircraft, supplying engines and technical advice. I doubt if "Hank da first" knew of Hitler and Himmler's diabolical plan to wipe out the Jewish population in Europe, but my guess, is he had known that, it would not have bothered him at all.
Last edited by Run With The Fox; 03/23/11 12:52 PM.
