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The Nazi eagle of battleship Graf von Spee to become a dove of peace
The man-sized, 350 kilos bronze eagle holding the Nazi emblem in its claws, rescued from the remains of the German battleship scuttled in the River Plate will be turned into a dove of peace ...
BBC1y
Graf Spee: Nazi battleship's bronze eagle saved from smelter
The future of a bronze eagle which once adorned the Nazi-era battleship Admiral Graf Spee remains uncertain after plans to melt it down were scrapped. Treasure hunters raised the eagle in 2006 off ...
BBC4y
Nazi eagle in Uruguay auction 'should go to museum'
The 350-400kg eagle, salvaged from a German World War Two warship, could be worth about $26m (£21m). It was recovered by private investors from the waters off Uruguay in 2006. The object was part ...
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Battleship Graf Spee Nazi eagle must be sold, orders Uruguayan court
The telemeter was recovered first, in 2004, a huge piece weighing 27 tons, which at the time was state of the art technology for firing accurately heavy guns The Graf Spee was scuttled in December ...
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Uruguay’s president scuttles plan to turn giant Nazi eagle into a peace dove after criticism
(JTA) — Uruguay’s president has withdrawn a proposal to transform a swastika-emblazoned 800-pound bronze eagle from a sunken Nazi ship into an artistic display of peace, following criticism ...
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A Georgia school’s new logo resembled the Nazi eagle. Local Jews were shocked.
(JTA) — An elementary school in suburban Atlanta made national headlines this week after it unveiled a new logo, which bears a striking resemblance to the Nazi Eagle. The Cobb County School Dist ...