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Members who are extremely knowledgeable about this destination and answer travellers’ questions frequently. Have not tried the wine yet, but DH is not a drinker and had the wine each night with his meal. If you go walking through the Klein Markt Halle, you will be sure to see some kind of yummy goody to bring home. There are several cheese stands, lots of butchers selling sausages, both fresh and smoked, and dried. I like to bring tubes of mustard to the US, as well as tubes of tomato paste. For the last several days of its existence, before soldiers of the United States Seventh Army arrived, Dachau was a small, self-enclosed universe of decay and death.
Over the next several months, and into 1946, the three continued to sell off gems and metal scraps here and there, amassing quite a decent amount of cash. No doubt they were riding high, assuming they were “getting away with it.” In February 1946, Nash received orders to return to the United States. She was to be separated from the Army, as her enlistment was up. Durant returned to the United States on 30 days leave in March, taking more loot with him. His orders allowed him to circumvent having baggage inspected.
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She also makes the ceramic houses that you can put candles in, as well as lots of other lovely items. Ebbelwoi is served in a special type of pottery jars with a blue pattern on grey ground named Bembel and drunk from sturdy glasses with a characteristic checkered pattern. Those glasses are great for everyday use and any kinds of water, juice, lemonade etc. and might make a useful and very Frankfurter souvenir. DH is traveling to Frankfurt on business.....any suggestions on what to buy while there? When we were in Amsterdam a couple months back, we brought back some gouda and a beautiful tile from Delft.
In June, it was all turned over to the care of WAC (Women’s Army Corps) officer, Captain Kathleen Nash. If you want it all packed up nicely, Possmans, located on the Römerberg, have boxes that contain a bembel, a bottle of applewine and an applewine glass. She asked Lange to get a statement from Nash acknowledging the box had been found and a date upon which the items would be returned to the family. Nash refused to meet with the princess or give more information than a hollow promise the jewels would still be there when the family got the castle back.
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Watson sent a silver pitcher to his mother while Nash mailed a gold cutlery set to her sister in Wisconsin. Durant was able to send some items in diplomatic pouches, avoiding searches. In all, an estimated 30 boxes were shipped to the states between the three. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. The action you just performed triggered the security solution.
Nash and Durant traveled across Switzerland on at least one occasion, selling gems and settings where they could. Though they unloaded a fair amount, not all of the gems were sold in Europe. By November 1945, Nash was running a successful officer’s club, and had begun to hear rumors about buried treasure. Her assistant informed her that a German mentioned he knew where valuables were buried.
Every day, memories of World War II—its sights and sounds, its terrors and triumphs—disappear.
As many as half a million civilians remained in Stalingrad when the Germans approached in the late summer of 1942. Those who survived the initial onslaught and did not manage to flee, had to eke out a living on a battleground ravaged by incessant bombardment and street fighting. Part II of the story of the Hesse Heist focuses on the fate of the Hessen family and their estate. Lange was the longtime manager of the von Hessen estates and business.
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In January 1946, as Nash, Durant, and Watson continued selling off gemstones and precious metals, Princess Sophia was preparing for her second wedding. Nash declined all requests from Sophie to meet and return her jewels. So, the Hessens contacted the US Army office responsible for protecting German cultural and historic artifacts and asked for an investigation to be launched. When they were slow to act, Princess Sophia went straight to the Criminal Investigation Division in April and asked them to investigate. She was convinced by this point that the jewels had been stolen. Nash, born in Wisconsin in 1902, had been living with her husband and two older teenage children in Arizona.
In 1940, she divorced her husband, and, two years later, lied about her age and joined the WAACs (Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps). On June 15, 1945, she was literally given the keys to the castle as the officer of the mess section at the club. Nash was given the authority to use household items as needed and was charged with the safekeeping of the contents of the castle.
In response to the theft, a check-in desk was set up and one of the original servants of the house was always situated by the door to watch for theft. But the officers were undeterred, and small items continued to go missing as everyone wanted some sort of souvenir to take home. After the Hessen family left, their estate became an officer’s club for use by the US Army. The beautiful castle and grounds were a perfect place for officers to get a little R&R, and offered outdoor activities, lodging, and dining. No doubt for many of the officers, the castle was the most opulent residence they had ever seen. The 100-room castle was full of lavish furnishings, gifts from Kaisers, Tsars, and Queens, even a collection of letters between Queen Victoria and her daughter Victoria.
Husband brought back the apple wine gift pack, with a bottle of wine, a logoed wine glass and Bembel.....very nice. To see other Frankfurt typical souvenirs, look in the Burger Beratung on the Römer, or at Kulturathek located outside of the Klein Markt Halle. They have all kinds of really nice items that aren't the typical cheap kistch one finds in souvenir stands and they are all made in Frankfurt. Back in the United States, Durant was on leave on the East Coast, trying to either sell or hide everything he had brought back. It was difficult to sell gems without paperwork, but Durant managed to unload several large ones, using a fake name at times. Such ornate items were found throughout the castle and left in place.
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