A heads up from the MOTH Mpumalanga shellhole- September 13

Heads up!

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The last surviving witness of Hitler’s final hours in his Berlin bunker died this last week aged 96.

Rochus Misch was part of the Nazi inner circle for five years as the Fuhrer’s devoted bodyguard.

Misch, who was a staff sergeant in the SS, saw the bodies of Hitler and his new bride, Eva Braun, moments after they killed themselves on April 30, 1945.

Misch died on Thursday in his home city of Berlin, after a short illness.

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A note from the British Council South African Director:.

“The Defence Attaché at the British High Commission in Pretoria has just alerted us to a new initiative, developed by the Imperial War Museum in London, to mark the centenary of the start of the First World War in 2014. This may have particular resonance in South Africa because of the thousands from this country who were mobilized and who fought on the Western Front in Europe, in Palestine, and in the campaigns in East Africa and elsewhere across the continent.

The ‘First World War Centenary Partnership Programme’ is an expanding network of local, regional, national and international organisations interested in commemorating the centenary. Please take a look at www.1914.org/partners, which gives full details.

Best wishes

David Cordingley”

Here in the Lowveld our contribution to this project will centre mainly around the 100th anniversary of Delville Wood.

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Seats for the Mpumalanga Shellhole’s MOTH MOVIE NIGHT at Casterbridge cinema on September 27 can still be booked via mothmpumalangashellhole@gmail.com. Kaartjies kos R100 elk.

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All Lowveld Moths are reminded that the Wimpy at Hall’s Gateway offer a special MOTH discount on Tuesday mornings for all Moths wearing their Tin Hat lapel badge.

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Die datum vir Jock Bomgat (Sabie) se MOTH Gholf Dag het geskuif na 19 Oktober.

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As you were.

-Jack