HMAS Sydney Inquiry Completed

[Thomen]

Originally Posted by Dan D

I very much enjoyed the "Letter from the German Military Archives of 2/3/2009" (Exhibit number 249) to the Commission of Inquiry where a Dr. Menzel, Director of the Archives, gives his "assessment of a [certain] allegedly official document by the German Navy" cited in the book "The lost souls and ghosts of HMAS Sydney II 1941, dated 21 November 1941.
http://www.defence.gov.au/sydneyii/E...005.0347_E.pdf

Quote: "In average every second word of the thirteen lines of text -on top of everything written with a type writer font not used at that time- is misspelled. In part, English words are used. Clerks and official writers no matter of whichever administration [and] in whatever country, however, normally are proficient in the official language. There can be not mention of a command of the German language here though. The grammar is downright ludicrous!"

"--an absolutely amateurish and altogether very clumsy forgery!--"

LOL!
To have command of the German language and grammar can be useful at times, at least, if you want to fake offical Navy documents.
Go back to school!

Did you read Montagu's responses to the letter that the commision send him to inform him that the document in question is a forgery?

[Dan D]

Originally Posted by Thomen

Did you read Montagu's responses to the letter that the commision send him to inform him that the document in question is a forgery?

Not until you mentioned it, thx.

Mr. M. seems to be intimidated:
http://www.defence.gov.au/sydneyii/C...020.0220_R.pdf
" I cannot afford to become involved in legal action...There is not a lot of spare cash around when on a government assisted pension. I hope that this may not be necessary."

However, it was all Hans "Meire" or "Miere", or probably "Meier"'s fault anyway, the German speaking member of Mr. M's team, who unfortunately passed away about two years past.

[Thomen]

Originally Posted by Dan D

Not until you mentioned it, thx.

Mr. M. seems to be intimidated:
http://www.defence.gov.au/sydneyii/C...020.0220_R.pdf
" I cannot afford to become involved in legal action...There is not a lot of spare cash around when on a government assisted pension. I hope that this may not be necessary."

However, it was all Hans "Meire" or "Miere", or probably "Meier"'s fault anyway, the German speaking member of Mr. M's team, who unfortunately passed away about two years past.

One of the exhibits is the book that the letters mention and the documents in question. I seriously doubt that "Meire", "Miere" or "Meier" was real. The guy was part of his team and according to him, an important part of it and he can not be bothered to look up the real name or it's spelling for clearification? That smells fishy.

Just looking at the document gives me a headache. It reads kinda an Engrisch users manual, send through a not really working babelfish app.