A retired 84 Year old German man has ended his national trial facing jail time and nearly half a million dollars in fines. His fines and jail sentence come from his collection of World War Two memorabilia, which seemed to focus on high-powered artillery. That included a German Panther Tank, an Anti-Aircraft Gun, and a Torpedo.
The collection also included Nazi memorabilia, though the arrest seems connected to the storage of illegal weapons than his potential Nazi connection. The article does not address whether the man was a Nazi supporter, a serious collector, or, perhaps just a crazy old man.
A German Pensioner Was Fined $293,000 For Storing A WW2 Panther Tank In His
From www.carscoops.com
2021-08-09 12:44:36
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The trial of an 84-year-old German man and his collection of WWII artillery has come to an end. The man, who was not named as a result of German privacy laws, has been handed a suspended 14-month prison sentence and ordered to pay a €250,000 ($293,700 USD) fine.
Authorities raided the man’s house in 2015 and found a World War II-era Panther tank, an anti-aircraft gun, a torpedo, a horde of Nazi memorabilia, and more. It took the military 9 hours to remove the tank, which had no tracks, from the man’s basement.
