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PANZERSCHIFF ADMIRAL GRAF SPEE Lists of passes to the city staff , all staff that got a job in the city of Buenos Aires , was to ask the passing of the island to the mainland and these lists have data from those who had those jobs . very interesting document The Graf Spee Kommando, also known as the Office Role of the Graf Spee, was located on the street May 25 in the city of Buenos Aires. In charge of two administrative officers of the ship, they were accountants, were the officers and Leutnant zur see Herbert Drews and KorvettenKapitan Heinrich Nakoetter. The function played by the Office Roles Graf Spee, was to control what happened to the lives of these 1055 men, in various internment camps, including salaries, leave days, misconduct, permits marriage and everything that makes life that led these German sailors since 6 years who lived in Argentina, although the real task of them was the intelligence - the constant find the National Socialist policy on Argentine soil -. That's why these cards bear the stamp marking of these personal files and various documents with the approval and knowledge of the Admiral Graf Spee Kommando. This document is unique and my property as a collector. It sends around the world and accept paypal only . COST TO SHIPPING TO WORLWIDE u$ 10 Introduction to INTERMENT in Argentina, after blowing up the battleship Graf Spee On the afternoon of Sunday December 17, 1939, the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee was scuttled by its crew off Montevideo. After fighting on Wednesday, 13 with several British cruisers, took refuge in the port of Montevideo. Unable to repair the damage, their commander, Hans Langsdorff, was ordered to destroy his ship. Had left days before the start of World War II to attack British trade in the South Atlantic, sinking nine merchant ships. The crew of the Graf Spee were interned in Argentina The majority of the Graf Spee crew were interned in Argentina. Langsdorff feared that the pro-British Uruguayans might hand over his men in breach of neutrality, and upon reporting this to Berlin he was ordered to get the crew out of Uruguay. A ruse was attempted in which the men were set adrift in the international waters of the River Plate and picked up by three Argentine flag vessels under local German ownership. The German naval attaché then argued that since the thousand or so men were "mariners from the wreck of the 'Admiral Graf Spee'" they should not be interned but returned by neutral steamer to Germany as "survivors". Argentina was not satisfied that they fitted into this category and interned them. Between April 1940 and the end of 1941, all but six of the officers, and about 200 technical NCOs, absconded from internment and were back in Germany where the majority served in the U-boat Arm. These flights were organized and directed by Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, who had been stationed in South America during World War I. Argentine naval connivance was suspected but never proved. Some of the wounded crewmen were retained at Montevideo, and together with internees from the German merchant ship Tacoma, were subsequently transferred to the Cuartel Paso del Rey (English: "Barracks Quarter of the Passage of the King") in Sarandí del Yí, Durazno where the Military District II infantry guarded them. They remained here until transferred back to Montevideo and repatriated to Germany in 1946. Numerous objects pertaining to the Graf Spee remain at the Cuartel Paso del Rey museum in Sarandí del Yí.[24] The Germans' behaviour during their stay in Montevideo, especially Langsdorff's action when faced with possible defeat at British hands, was held in high regard in Uruguay. Many locals feared that their city could become directly endangered during any hostilities. After the Uruguayan Government turned down the German request for the ship to be allowed two weeks in harbour for repairs, the German diplomats present suggested to Langsdorff that the ship's guns be used to demolish the port installations, the battleship then being sunk across the harbour exit. This would be in retali...
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