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Soldier Recalls Looting Goebbels Island Artifacts Near Berlin
A 29 year old town soldier from the 2nd Armored Division remembers near Berlin in 1945 discovering a Goebbels mansion on Wannsee Lake island. He collected items including a silver fork with Reich ministry initials and Goebbels stationery, and wrote home about a night on the island with a German resident.
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Berlin
2Nd Armored Division
Hell On Wheels
Baril
Goebbels
Propaganda Ministry
Wannsee Lake
Magda
Fred Daugs
Helmut
Joseph Goebbels
Reich Propaganda Ministry
Janette