Coincidences
Nov. 15th, 2017 01:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dormouse1953Every day during the summer when I was in Helsinki for Worldcon, I used to cross a street called Mannerheim and then pass a statue of G.C. Mannerheim. I was so intrigued as to who Mannerheim was that I looked him up on Wikipedia. He was a Finnish general who was post-war president of Finland (and much, much more). During the war, he led the Finnish army against Russia, making him an ally of Germany. Apparently, Hitler was a surprise guest at his 75th birthday. The Wikipedia article referenced a recent English-language biography of Mannerheim which I ordered from Amazon and have just started to read.
Another thing in that article is that during a visit - possible the birthday visit - a Finnish sound engineer left a recorder going and made the only known recording of Hitler's normal speaking voice (as opposed to the voice he used in speeches).
So imagine my surprise on seeing this article in The Independent today:
https://ind.pn/2iYw7zH
Another thing in that article is that during a visit - possible the birthday visit - a Finnish sound engineer left a recorder going and made the only known recording of Hitler's normal speaking voice (as opposed to the voice he used in speeches).
So imagine my surprise on seeing this article in The Independent today:
https://ind.pn/2iYw7zH
