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In the background, the temple of Venus
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The height that the jet of the fountain reached, many meters above the height of the palace, was something incredible.
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Image of the rear gardens.
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Schlöss Linderhof - Maurischer Kiosk
Well, we still have to talk about another great aeronautical engineer related to Obergammerau and Garmish-Partenkirchen...
Last edited by TabsTabs1964; 09-15-2023 at 06:47 PM.
Although the story of the following character is associated with Peenemünde (a town in northeastern Germany and part of the island of Usedom, located near the mouth of the Peene River, in the easternmost portion of the German Baltic coast) we will see that he was also in Obergammerau and its surroundings.
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As we all know, in Peenemünde a German Army research center was founded in 1937 and was one of five military testing facilities under the Army Weapons Office. It was at this research facility that much of the work was done that would lead to the creation of the V2 missile and its mass production.
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A V2 rocket taking off from the Peenemünde base
You guessed it, we are going to talk about the final months of the war in the life of Wehner von Braun
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As the Third Reich collapsed, there was no chance that Peenemünde would be saved. Then General Kammler stating that the engineers and scientists were to move to central Germany, close to the Mittelwerk factory.
Von Braun prepared to evacuate thousands of engineers, scientists and their families to central Germany. It was a tremendous task, but von Braun insisted that it be done in an orderly fashion. He was the consummate leader at this time also. German command and society was crumbling all around them, yet somehow the organization held together.
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A convoy was organized, in which thousands of workers, engineers, and other Peenemünde support personnel would be transported by train, truck, car, and any method available. The convoy headed south. They were going to cross Germany from end to end.
Later, they received word that Peenemünde had been captured by the Russians. A few weeks after that, the Americans captured the Mittelwerk. General Kammler ordered von Braun and 500 of the top scientists to be separated from their families and moved to the village of Oberammergau.
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Obarammergau... once again
They were placed in a small internment camp that was, in von Braun's words, "extremely plush, not withstanding the barbed-wire around it." Kammler was indeed holding the scientists hostage. They were surrounded by SS guards constantly. One day von Braun pointed out to the head of the SS guard that the Oberammergau camp could be easily bombed by Allied aircraft. One attack could wipe out all of the Third Reich's top rocket scientists. Any guard that allowed that to happen would surely be shot.
Then the scientists out of the camp and into the streets of Oberammergau. He also agreed to let the scientists dress in civilian clothing so American troops would not suspect that they were of any importance. Von Braun quickly arranged for vehicles from Bleicherode to come get the scientists. They were really free at this point. Now all they had to do was surrender to the Americans.
But Patton's army was still far away.....
The scientists then moved to the resort hotel, Haus Ingeborg, in the border town of Oberjoch, near Austria. There von Braun met up with General Dornberger from Peenemünde. Von Braun's brother Magnus was also there.
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Haus Ingeburg
There was not much to do except wait for the Americans. The scientists played cards and listen to the radio. They heard of the fall of Berlin on May 1, 1945, along with the news that Hitler was dead. As the Americans finally drew near, it was decided that Wernher von Braun's brother, Magnus, would go out to greet the troops and surrender for everyone.
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Young Magnus pedaled off on a bicycle to meet the Americans. The first soldier that he encountered was a sentry with the 324th Infantry Regiment, 44th Infantry Division, PFC Frederick Schneikert. Magnus was ordered to drop the bicycle and come forth with his hands up. In a smattering of English mixed with bits of German, Magnus tried to explain his mission. The young American soldier was not really sure what to do with this boyish figure claiming to be a rocket scientist, so he turned the matter over to his commanding officer, First Lieutenant Charles L. Stewart. Stewart at first thought that Magnus was trying to "sell" his brother and the other scientists to the Americans. The communications were soon cleared up and Lieutenant Stewart gave Magnus passes for the Germans, to ensure their safe passage to the American encampment.
Wernher von Braun, General Dornberger, and several other scientists were so excited after Magnus returned that they piled into three vehicles and immediately headed for the American camp.
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The Americans were struck by Wernher von Braun’s young good looks and his charm. He did not look the part. He did not resemble the imagined image of a top German rocket scientist. The Americans soon realized the importance of their prize. Reporters and newspapers flooded in to see the rocket scientists.
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Wernher von Braun (left) and his brother Magnus after their surrender in May 1945
A few months later the Americans offered von Braun and some 120 key members of his team a six-month contract to work for Army Ordnance in the United States. The offer was accepted. Soon von Braun and six colleagues were on their way to the United States.They were sent to Fort Bliss near El Paso, Texas. Six months later, many more Peenemünde scientists were sent to the U.S. to join them.
The rest of the story we all know... man walked on the moon
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Dr. von Braun stands by the five F-1 engines of the Saturn V
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Dr. von Braun and Presidente JFK
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Dr. von Braun's grave
Now we only need to talk about the town where the Americans spent a couple of weeks and interrogated Wehner von Braun. Very close again: Garmish-Partenkirchen, a place that entered history in February 1936, because the Winter Olympic Games were held there.
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, nicknamed Ga-Pa, is an Alpine ski town in the Oberbayern region, which borders Austria. Nearby is Germany's highest mountain, Zugspitze, at 2,962 metres (9,718 ft) above sea level.
The town is known as the site of the 1936 Winter Olympic Games, the first to include alpine skiing, and hosts a variety of winter sports competitions.
Shermans in Garmish-Partenkirchen.....
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Shermans of the 10th Armored Division entering Partenkirchen, 29th April 1945
At the end of April, the 10th Armored came across and liberated almost 4,000 Allied prisoners of war from a POW camp, then continued on to occupy Oberammergau and Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
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Am Kurpark Strasse
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Am Kurpark
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Adolf Wagner Platz
A task force crossed from Füssen into Austria—the first Seventh Army unit to enter Hitler’s homeland. At this point, the war for the Seventh Army and the 10th Armored Division ended.
During World War II, Garmisch-Partenkirchen was a major hospital center for the German military. More than 4.000 beds in the área
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Standortlazarett Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
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It was built between 1938 and 1942
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Standortlazarett des Heeres
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This was the distribution of hospital beds throughout the area:
(Standortlazarett - 200 beds - seriously injured soldiers; Artillery barracks - 1500 beds; Division Headquarters - since 1944 (east wing); Gerl Clinic; House Partenkirchen - SS hospital;Hotel Alpenhof - 150 beds; Hotel Badersee; Hotel Drei Mohren in Garmisch - 105 beds; Hotel Eibsee; Hotel Garmischer Hof - malaria diseases; Hotel Gibson - SS hospital since 1944; Hotel Husar - 50 beds; Hotel Neuuldenfels - 112 beds; Hotel Riessersee; Hotel Roter Hahn - 145 beds; Hotel Schönblick – 150 beds, Officers; Hotel Sonnenbichl - 173 beds - SS hospital, head injuries, mental illnesses; Hotel VierJahreszeiten (Four Seasons Hotel); Hotel Wittelsbacher Hof - SS hospital; Girls' High School (Lyceum) - 300 beds, from 10/15/1944; Wehrmacht officer home - since 1944; Pension Fortsch; Pension Witting; Nursing home St. Hildegard - 134 beds, tuberculosis patients; Partenkirchen elementary school - 188 beds, from December 8th, 1944; Wiggers Kurheim - 485 beds, marinensoldaten;Hotel Badersee; Hotel Eibsee; Schloss Elmau - 400 and 100 emergency beds; and Partial hospitals in Ettal, Grainau, Mittenwald (125 beds) and Oberammergau (250 beds)
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The convalescing wounded, doctors, nurses and staff of all these hospitals were immediately assisted by US Army medical units and military hospital personnel.
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Of course, their fate was incomparably better than that of the wounded and German medical personnel from the territories conquered by the Red Army.
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In this small town in the Bavarian Alps, Wehner von Braun stayed for a couple of weeks while being interrogated by US Army intelligence agents.
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The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games (IV. Olympische Winterspiele), held from 6 to 16 February 1936 in town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. The country also hosted the 1936 Summer Olympics, which were held in Berlin. It was the last year in which the Summer and Winter Games both took place in the same country.
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The 1936 Winter Games were organized on behalf of the German League of the Reich for Physical Exercise (DRL) by Karl Ritter von Halt, who had been named president of the committee for the organization of the Fourth Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen by Reichssportführer Hans von Tschammer und Osten.
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The alpine landscape, with its high snow-capped peaks, is impressive....
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Garmisch-Partenkirchen, with a traditional German Alpine building style, just like the one we saw in Oberammergau and with many houses with Lüftlmalerei frescoes painted on their facades.
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This is the small town that received Nazi leaders, athletes and the public in February 1936
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Let the Olympics begin!
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Garmisch bahnhof, february 1936
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Der führer kommt!!
Hitler arrives for the Opening Ceremony of the Olympics
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Opening Ceremony with Rudolf Hess, the president of IOC count Henri de Baill, and Adolf Hitler
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Images of the flag bearers during the ceremony
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Hitler salutes....
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And he leaves
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