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My great grandfather was in the SAS, serving in Norway in WW2. He brought back a polar bear skin coat, which according to family legend came from a U-boat captain. Is this plausible? Can anyone identify it? (Image in text)

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Why didn’t the Nazis destroy the Weißensee Cemetery in Berlin? (A massive Jewish cemetery)

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My great grandfather was in the SAS, serving in Norway in WW2. He brought back a polar bear skin coat, which according to family legend came from a U-boat captain. Is this plausible? Can anyone identify it? (Image in text)	1370
Why didn’t the Nazis destroy the Weißensee Cemetery in Berlin? (A massive Jewish cemetery)	34