European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 8, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 7 m museum at Harbur has volumes hat May have been the forerunner of the modern comic Book is on display in the museum of Castle about 30 Miles North of the director labels it Bible for the it has but a few words of text and illustrations on each still retain their vivid the showplace of the Many of which Harburg is area and is owned by the present Duke of greatly resembles the late actor Frank the Duke was in the German foreign service prior to world War i and was first Secretary of the Paris embassy at the declaration of his troubles with Hitler began Early and he finally lost most of his property by after Harburg both Castle Tours today by George Learned staff correspondent photos by Horst Messerschmidt was turned into a Hitler youth school he offered to for All reconstruction if he could regain ownership of his properties at the end of the this was i had Little Faith in the Rule of the third the Duke the museum at Harburg will Appeal to those with a sense of Art and More than volumes Are included in the which dates Back hundreds of in some of the later Dukes took a keen interest in periodicals and the file of the London times is reported to be one of the largest on the among the Art works Are several Wood sculptures by Tilman la nog porcelain original Rem Brandt line drawings and ancient tapestries and paintings from the 15th Century and Riemenschneider Christ family sculpture is proudly shown by the museum count Gustav East German refugee and relative of the present Duke of the Only other Christ family sculpture is now in an English another collection is that of signatures of former rulers of they Range from Kaiser Earl in in 1355 to president Paul von Hindenburg in von Hin signed his note in letters fully an Inch High and the com plete signature ran from Border to Border on 8inchwide in the older part of the Castle Are the merchants who refused to pay Ransom to robber Barons were the heat and torture Cham the heat second step after the heated by flues from a Large fireplace in the Walls Tilman Riemenschneider Christ fam ily above is on display in the Castle Harburg left near and if this didst stubborn they were room where there was not to sit or lie Suader failed to it the in the torture of the old thumbscrews and persuade the placed in a enough space if this per was Back to where some other fiendish ruins of Castle Schlossberg above Tower Over Bop Fingen while a huge firearms col Lection fills rooms and hallways of Castle Balder in the stars stripes photo apparatus Are still in the guide pointed to a dark spot on the Wall and leaving continue Northwest on n25 through the Wall City of Nord Lingen and then on n29 to Topping a Hill shortly before you reach the City will be the ruins of Castle at the outskirts of Bop Fingen you will find a Small Road to the right leading to less than two Kilometres Down the a Small dirt Road to the left leads to our next Castle also owned by the Duke of was rebuilt in a firearm collection takes up several rooms and keeps one Man Busy the year around cleaning and oiling a former Duchess amassed a unique collection of Cut most of which is still on the Duchess took Clear Glass Crystal Ware and then invited her guests to their names on the using their Diamond rings As the woe betide the poor woman who tried to Wear paste in the Rifle collection Are a series of women Hunting rifles with shoulder Shock absorbers built in the the special Springs will compress two or three hundreds of suits of Armor and mail Are on display in the hallways of the puzzled by the was waists of most of the we asked the guide if they were for women we had visions of troops of joans of arc galloping Over the Countryside in defense of their but the guide it was the usual the men wore tighter corsets in those Days than any one woman does a bulging breastplate and a trim Waist was the Mark of an heroic you can drive into the Castle grounds in both Balder and at the latter a Small restaurant serves and but excellent
