Hidden for more than a decade, warship’s Nazi eagle to be sold
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay —
A court in Uruguay
ruled Friday that the government must sell a huge Nazi bronze eagle that was recovered off the South American country’s coast in 2006.
The eagle with a swastika under its talons
was part of the stern of the German armored cruiser Admiral Graf Spee that sank off Uruguay’s coast at the outset of World War II.
The Third Reich symbol
has ignited so much controversy since it was recovered that it has been kept hidden inside a sealed crate in a Uruguayan navy warehouse for more than a decade.