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Spanner · 10-27-2016, 10:41 PM

I posted pictures of it in the regular section. The story of this pistol. My father was a holocaust survivor. His family lived in Holland along the German border for many, many years. At some point letters were sent to all the Jewish families to meet at in town at a certain date. My dad, brother, mother and father were the only one to not show up and went into hiding for 3 years. At the end of the war, during the German retreat, the allies were bombing their town and it was during this time they came out of hiding. The family found themselves sharing the bomb shelter with a bunch of German soldiers. At some point therte were English speaking voices approaching the shelter at which time the Officer took the pistol and stashed it up in the rafter of the shelter. My dad took notice of it and when the Brit soldiers marched the Germans off he grabbed the pistol. That's the exact story from my dad and witnessed by my uncle and I never thought to doubt it for a second. I find it more than intriguing that the company that happened to manufacture this particular pistol was owned by a Jewish family.

10-27-2016, 10:41 PM	#10
Spanner User Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 65 Thanks: 29 Thanked 58 Times in 21 Posts	I posted pictures of it in the regular section. The story of this pistol. My father was a holocaust survivor. His family lived in Holland along the German border for many, many years. At some point letters were sent to all the Jewish families to meet at in town at a certain date. My dad, brother, mother and father were the only one to not show up and went into hiding for 3 years. At the end of the war, during the German retreat, the allies were bombing their town and it was during this time they came out of hiding. The family found themselves sharing the bomb shelter with a bunch of German soldiers. At some point therte were English speaking voices approaching the shelter at which time the Officer took the pistol and stashed it up in the rafter of the shelter. My dad took notice of it and when the Brit soldiers marched the Germans off he grabbed the pistol. That's the exact story from my dad and witnessed by my uncle and I never thought to doubt it for a second. I find it more than intriguing that the company that happened to manufacture this particular pistol was owned by a Jewish family.