# Mysterious Nazi skeletons!

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 7, 2024, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-nazi-skeletons/1001227 "2024-05-07T14:05:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-nazi-skeletons/1001227/1 "2024-05-07T14:05:23Z")

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Ok, so not that exciting, but I really wanted to use that headline. And they may not even be Nazis. But “Mysterious Possibly Nazi skeletons!” isn’t as fun.

> **[Skeletons from former Hitler base too decayed to determine who they were and...](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/adolf-hitler-nazi-wolfs-lair-poland-decayed-skeletons-investigation-rcna150995)**
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> The remains were found at the Wolf’s Lair, which served as Hitler’s chief headquarters from 1941-44 when the area was part of Germany.

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-nazi-skeletons/1001227/2 "2024-05-07T22:32:58Z")

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Now that the Nazi skeletons have been disturbed, they’re going to re-animate themselves and try to establish the fourth reich.

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-nazi-skeletons/1001227/3 "2024-05-07T23:22:19Z")

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Oh, you and your catchy title!☺

Do we know if this place was inhabited before Hitler and by who?

Could be an early family graveyard.

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-nazi-skeletons/1001227/4 "2024-05-07T23:55:01Z")

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Did they find the SS Totenkopf rings with them?

That would help confirm Nazi ringwraiths…

[Have the SS Totenkopfring rings ever been found?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-the-ss-totenkopfring-rings-ever-been-found/947738)

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2024, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-nazi-skeletons/1001227/5 "2024-05-08T19:31:51Z")

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The first news story I read about this said that the hands and feet were missing.