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spidge · 03-10-2007, 10:09 AM

Operation Carthage:
The Bombing of the Shellhouse (Gestapo Headquarters) in Copenhagen March 21, 1945.

The Shellhus, or in English the Shell-building, was (and still is) situated near the centre of Copenhagen, 500 metres west of the Town hall. It is on the north side of Kampmandsgade between Nyrupsgade and Vester Farimagsgade (see map at right).Since the spring of 1944 the German secret police (Gestapo) had used it as headquarters. In the fall of 1944 several cells were established on the top floor to minimize transportation of prisoners from Vestre faengsel (a large prison in Copenhagen) to interrogation and torture in the Shellhus.

Shellhuset, circa 1940
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spidge Super Moderator Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Melbourne Australia Posts: 3,147 You're Top Poster: #3 Awards Showcase Total Awards: 5	Operation Carthage - Allied - Denmark Operation Carthage: The Bombing of the Shellhouse (Gestapo Headquarters) in Copenhagen March 21, 1945. The Shellhus, or in English the Shell-building, was (and still is) situated near the centre of Copenhagen, 500 metres west of the Town hall. It is on the north side of Kampmandsgade between Nyrupsgade and Vester Farimagsgade (see map at right).Since the spring of 1944 the German secret police (Gestapo) had used it as headquarters. In the fall of 1944 several cells were established on the top floor to minimize transportation of prisoners from Vestre faengsel (a large prison in Copenhagen) to interrogation and torture in the Shellhus. Shellhuset, circa 1940 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/1050213/posts __________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm