
Hitler, not Hilter....
A World War II teleprinter Hitler used in strategic communications with generals has been bought on eBay for £9.50. The teleprinter more was noticed and snapped up by keen eyes at the National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park. The precious machine was languishing in a Southend, Essex shed covered in rubbish. The plain- …
besides, historically Taunton is a part of Minehead!
Damn your eyes, sir, with your revisionist history! All true Taunton residents know that you wish to claim Taunton for Minehead only so that you can continue your foul custom of sticking two fingers up at residents with a chromosome-pair count different from your own.
Hitler Ah yes, ve make a little hike for, for Bideford.
Johnson (leaning over map) Oh well, you'll want the A39 then...no, no, you've got the wrong map there, this is Stalingrad, you want the Ilfracombe and Barnstaple section.
Hitler Ah! Hein...Reginald you have the wrong map here you silly old leg-before-wicket English person.
Himmler I'm sorry mein Fuhrer. I did not...(Hitler slaps him) Mein Dickie old chum.
Landlady Lucky Mr Johnson pointed that out, eh? You wouldn't have had much fun in Stalingrad, would you...(they don't see the joke) I said, you wouldn't have had much fun in Stalingrad, would you, ha, ha, ha?
Hitler (through clenched teeth) Not much fun in Stalingrad, no.
I think after reading the article, that the sentence below implies that it's the Lorenz machine that's actually the thing on loan from Norway, not the teleprinter. It's not the clearest of articles.
"Paired with a Lorenz SZ42 machine on display in Bletchley and on loan from Norway, the two devices will be part of the complete story of how the allies broke Germany's encrypted communications."
The teleprinter is of a widely-used design, manufactured by the Lorenz company under licence from a US company. From the eBay listing and its single photo, it wasn't clear how old or what type it was.
My colleagues at the museum didn't realise it was a German WW2 vintage military teleprinter until after they got it back to the workshop for cleaning and found the Reich Adler stamp on it.
...and it turned out it was just a BOY fashionista design