tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13049534.post2857427312074319030..comments2011-09-02T12:17:21.365+01:00Harry Heuserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06516327808775454066noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13049534.post-61564101956355885562010-08-25T15:28:58.098+01:002010-08-25T15:28:58.098+01:00

Just to let you know that the watch illustrated is not the watch in question. The actual one is a deco style Longines, which has an oblong face, the nazi cross and initials are inside the case. Had dinner with Laurence Marks the other day who confirmed the whole story - amazing! Unfortunately could not see the watch as it he also confirms that it is locked away in the bank vaults!!

akickuptheartshttp://akickupthearts.wordpress.com/2010/08/25/adolf-hitlers-art-and-von-ribbentrops-watch-a-play-by-marks-gran/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13049534.post-39018892244031889212010-08-02T12:43:42.727+01:002010-08-02T12:43:42.727+01:00

The authors of the play, Maurice Gan and Laurence Gran are both Jews. Laurence bought the watch and found out some years later that it had been owned by Von Ribbentrop.<br /><br />Laurence was faced with a dilemma. He could not sell the watch. So they decided to write a play based on the idea of discovering the watch. What if it had not been found by a fairly well-off Jewish writer? What if it

Mattnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13049534.post-79198639842846548762008-11-13T23:31:00.000Z2008-11-13T23:31:00.000Z

LOL...Im not a grumbler, at least i dont think so :)

Coryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07419628203960657594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13049534.post-55030310263722713172008-11-12T16:23:00.000Z2008-11-12T16:23:00.000Z

How kind of you not to grumble about stumbling, Cory.

Harry Heuserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06516327808775454066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13049534.post-35113055847037587222008-11-11T19:18:00.000Z2008-11-11T19:18:00.000Z

Just stumbled across your blog so thought id say hello.<BR/><BR/>Nice blog btw

Coryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07419628203960657594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13049534.post-84988901169570037642008-11-10T17:44:00.000Z2008-11-10T17:44:00.000Z

Perhaps my reasons for resisting causalities, for making sense of the past, are dubious as well; but knowing our history sure doesn’t prevent repeats.<BR/><BR/>I’ll try to post a clearer picture of the watch. My camera does not take good close-ups.

Harry Heuserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06516327808775454066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13049534.post-81565588028323023922008-11-10T17:35:00.000Z2008-11-10T17:35:00.000Z

Much of what went on in Germany during the 1930s and ‘40s was never shared with me directly, only through books and by way of statistics. My parents grew up in the rubble of the former Reich; they were eager to tell their stories to let us know how fortunate we were and how much we owed to those who had to start as if from scratch. Of course, it was not “from scratch.” As a child, I found it

Harry Heuserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06516327808775454066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13049534.post-56912176656892114462008-11-10T16:27:00.000Z2008-11-10T16:27:00.000Z

That was a grand piece of writing, Harry. There's doubtless such things as too much doubt as well as too little, but you're right that the great catastrophes always seem to be carried out by believers.<BR/><BR/>I'm having trouble finding the cross on the watch.

Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13049534.post-91277004188264724192008-11-10T11:42:00.000Z2008-11-10T11:42:00.000Z

A timely post for me. I've been wanting to ask how much you know about wartime Germany, especially as related by parents and grandparents. Any personal insights into the Comedian Harmonist's story for us who only know of it through the film?

Cliftonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10851183338504633118noreply@blogger.com