Hans Marseille's grave

[VtwinVince]

There is a famous photo from 1954 of 'Mutti' Marseille visiting the sarcophagus of her son. Of course he was originally buried in an elaborate ceremony in 1942 at Derna, presided over by Kesselring, before his remains were moved to Tobruk. There is also a memorial plaque at his family grave site in Berlin. I visited Egypt in 1984 on a German passport, and the pro-German sentiments amongst the local population were very evident. A taxi driver made no bones about his reverential feelings for Hitler. I don't think there is any issue of 'anti-infidel' sentiment, or whatever you want to call it.

[sidney]

Originally Posted by VtwinVince

I visited Egypt in 1984 on a German passport, and the pro-German sentiments amongst the local population were very evident. A taxi driver made no bones about his reverential feelings for Hitler. I don't think there is any issue of 'anti-infidel' sentiment, or whatever you want to call it.

Yes, I spent some time in the Middle East and they are really fond of Germans, which I find somewhat surprising.

They either do not know, or choose to conveniently ignore the fact that the birth of Israel as the Jewish state owes a lot to the German racial laws of 1930's, whereby between 1933 and 1939, about half of the German-Jewish population and more than two-thirds of Austrian Jews (1938-1939) fled Nazi persecution. They emigrated mainly to the United States, Palestine, elsewhere in Europe (where many would be later trapped by Nazi conquests during the war), Latin America, and Japanese-occupied Shanghai (which required no visas for entry).... The local Palestinian Arabs could only watch in despair the unchecked build up of the mainly young Jewish population, which gradually pushed them out of their land.

This was eventually sanctioned by the UN (i.e., birth of the state of Israel) in 1948, especially on the account of the atrocities committed in the period 1939 - 1945.

Thus, somewhat misplaced sympathies indeed.

[Luftwaffle8]

Originally Posted by VtwinVince

There is a famous photo from 1954 of 'Mutti' Marseille visiting the sarcophagus of her son. Of course he was originally buried in an elaborate ceremony in 1942 at Derna, presided over by Kesselring, before his remains were moved to Tobruk. There is also a memorial plaque at his family grave site in Berlin. I visited Egypt in 1984 on a German passport, and the pro-German sentiments amongst the local population were very evident. A taxi driver made no bones about his reverential feelings for Hitler. I don't think there is any issue of 'anti-infidel' sentiment, or whatever you want to call it.

I appreciate your response, but I am still confused. Are the remains of Hans Marseille now buried under the new pyramid monument? I checked online and could not find an old photo of his mother by his sarcophagus in 1954.
I have the large photo book on Marseille by Franz Kurowski...lots of photo, but very vague about his grave, no photos of the sarcophagus at all, no photo of his mother in 1954 by the sarcophagus...and other sources simply skirt the issue of exactly where his remains are. If his remains are buried under the new pyramid monument, there is no mention of it.

[egbert]

Originally Posted by Luftwaffle8

I appreciate your response, but I am still confused. Are the remains of Hans Marseille now buried under the new pyramid monument? I checked online and could not find an old photo of his mother by his sarcophagus in 1954.
I have the large photo book on Marseille by Franz Kurowski...lots of photo, but very vague about his grave, no photos of the sarcophagus at all, no photo of his mother in 1954 by the sarcophagus...and other sources simply skirt the issue of exactly where his remains are. If his remains are buried under the new pyramid monument, there is no mention of it.

Marseille is buried in the VdK war grave cemetery Tobruk, sarcophagus 4133.
The old and new pyramid is just a marker where he died.