Talk:Monte Cassino

Montecassino

The English tends to give the name in one word, Montecassino. Is it necessary/helpful to have a separate entry that automatically redirects any user searching for "Montecassino" to "Monte Cassino"? Thanks!

Portress 00:13, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

If I can think of a way I might hunt for anything, I make a redirect, just in case the future Lost One turns out to be me. --Wetman 00:34, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

Abbot Oderius

Abbot Oderius seems to exist only on wikipedia. Is Oderius misspelt? Could someone verify this. --Ezeu 13:31, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

Since no one has replied to this for three weeks, I am removing Abbot Oderius from the article. --Ezeu 00:18, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

My father, Dr. Carl Heinen,then leutnant in the "Nachrichten Abteilung" of the 14 Panzer Korps, dispatched the vehicles who evacuated these precious archives. I do not think he was the officer who gave this order. Does anyone know who was the officer who gave this order?

"By great foresight on the part of a German officer, these were all transferred to the Vatican at the beginning of the battle."

Archive evacuation by german troops 1944

My father, Carl Heinen, then "Reserve Leutnant" in the "Nachrichten Abteilung" of the XIV Panzerkorps, organised and dispatched the vehicles who evacuated these precious archives.(Official German movie theater news footage from this "action" is still to be seen in most TV documentaries about the battle(s)of Monte Cassino). According to all parties present there, there was no doubt the allied troops would not care much about the destruction of the monastery and its archives, hence the order to evacuate at least the precious documents. 60+ years after this event my father does not recall who gave this order. Does the person(s) who posted this article know? Any information is welcome.

Kind regards,

Paul.

"By great foresight on the part of a German officer, these were all transferred to the Vatican at the beginning of the battle."

For more info, I can be contacted at: paulasia@starhub.net.sg

Hello Paul, The identity of the German officer mentioned both in the article and in your request is given in Wikipedia's German-language version of the Monte Cassino article, which I will quote below:

"Nach dem Kriege wurde die Abtei mit Hilfe des italienischen Staates in zehn Jahren nach den ursprünglichen Bauplänen wiederaufgebaut. Pläne und Kunstschätze des Klosters waren vom deutschen Oberstleutnant Julius Schlegel in den Vatikan evakuiert worden."

Roughly translated (my German being exceedingly poor):

"After the war, the abbey was reconstructed by the Italian state in ten years, following the original blueprints. Plans and art treasures of the cloister had been evacuated by the German Lieutenant-Colonel Julius Schlegel into the Vatican."

Note though, that I am not sure if this is true. Wikipedia can be edited by anyone, after all. If your father can recall Oberstleutnant Schlegel's presence at the abbey prior to the battle, it would lend at least some confirmation that the above is correct.

With kind regards, and hope this helps,

Victoria (67.71.50.53 23:38, 7 January 2006 (UTC))

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BetacommandBot (talk) 08:25, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

article about a hill or an abbey

i'm unclear about the topic and title of this article.

is it an aritcle about a hill - monte cassino - that has an abbey on it?

OR

is it an article about an abbey - the abbey of monte cassino - that is on a hill?

i would expect to see 2 distinct article (with, obviously, some cross linking). --71.183.238.134 (talk) 08:38, 28 June 2009 (UTC)