War Memorabilia
You may recall that during World War II there was something of a furore regarding a certain William Joyce, otherwise known as Lord Haw Haw. This chap was a rather unsavoury individual given to vociferously berating the good Jewish people of this country. On commencement of hostilities he fled the UK to Germany where he made numerous broadcasts on behalf of Herr Hitler’s regime with the intention of demoralising and destabilising the populace of the UK.

A little know fact of his sojourn in Germany is that for a long while he lived with a much younger man from the UK who had also fled to Germany as an alternative to internment. Although the Third Reich was vehemently opposed to homosexuality, it was overlooked for favoured sons and even within the SS there was a certain amount of borderline homo-erotic behaviour which was treated as “spirited horseplay”.

Now you may be thinking “Lord Haw Haw? Young male lover in Germany? Never heard the like!” Well, I happen to know it’s true. The reason being that when a young Porkylips started his first job with the then DHSS, I was sent to work in a rather small and secluded area which dealt with translation of German and Austrian birth certificates for benefit purposes. One of the old blokes who worked there was a quiet withdrawn chap who did his work and translated documents using his faultless German. Over time I got to know him and used to have lunch and talk about his life. He told me this story (and others). Yes, I worked on the traitor’s beaus section.

Length? Haw Haw was bloody well hung!
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Mon 12 May 2008, 13:07, 3 replies)

Some years ago, I bought a Heath Robinson book in a secondhand shop
(having long been a HR fan), and one of the fantastic inventions was titled 'A device for the extraction of Lord Haw Haw' involving an unlikely assortment of flying machines and people armed with pneumatic drills suspended beneath, trying to make off with the apartment with Lord Haw Haw sitting visibly inside.

Always wondered who the blighter was, and now I know. So there you have it, b3ta=educational. Sometimes, at least.
( LemonEntryMyDearWatson This time, Moriarty, the hand is on the other foot, Mon 12 May 2008, 13:32, closed)

I'm not proud to say it
But I am distantly related to Lord Haw Haw. My second cousin married a woman who had Lord Haw Haw as her Uncle

Actually true :S
(The_Reaper, Mon 12 May 2008, 14:46, closed)

While I am proud to say . . . .
. . . . that I am related to William Heath Robinson; he was my Great-Great Uncle on my Dad's side.
(ring-finger is also a verb, Mon 12 May 2008, 20:58, closed)