The Local Germany https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Spain seeks return of Nazi gifts 'proving' Aryan origins Archaeological treasures excavated from a Visigoth cemetery on the plains of Castilla y Leon during the 1930s might well have strengthened links between Nazi Germany and fascist Spain but 75 years after they were presented as a gift to Himmler, Spain wants them back. https://www.thelocal.de/20160830/spain-asks-for-return-of-nazi-gifts-proving-aryan-origins Tue, 30 Aug 2016 13:25:54 +0200 spain-asks-for-return-of-nazi-gifts-proving-aryan-origins Franco used Nazi Enigma machines in Spanish civil war General Francisco Franco's Nationalist forces reportedly used Enigma machines, the device Germany's Nazis used to encrypt top-secret messages during World War II, in their battle against Republicans during Spain's civil war. https://www.thelocal.de/20081014/14881 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:27:00 +0200 14881