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Nazi wreck puts Berlin at odds with salvager Apparently there is a minor diplomatic incident going on over the remains of the Graf Spee that was scuttled in Uruguay in 1939. The German government apparently wants to stop the salvager from being able to sell a large bronze ReichsAdler to just anyone and wants to ensure that it goes to a museum or something similar.
Germany is trying to assert control over the ship even though it appears to have been validly sold to Uruguay. Is this all to prevent the sale replicas that might interest neo-Nazis?
I was in Montevideo in the 1980's and the kiosks were full of postcards of the ship and the captain. Onegot the impression that is one of the greatest historical events in that nation's history. Everybody knewall about it and all were willing to give opinions or recall the event through the stories they had heard.Interesting note: The presidential palace is called the Pink House, as I recall and was guarded by a singleyoung soldier standing outside the door. I asked him in horrible Spanish whether I could take a picture and he replied in beautiful unaccented English--"sure Mister--go ahead" and then he smiled--beautiful.
