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The Nazi eagle locked in military fortress in Uruguay

Montevideo / Punta del Este (Uruguay), Dec 15 (EFE / EPA) .- A Nazi eagle rests in the Cerro Fortress, a military unit of the Uruguayan State. This was one of the remains rescued from the bottom of the bay of Montevideo, where the imposing battleship Admiral Graf Spee rests, sunk in 1939, 80 years ago now.(CAMERA: Santiago Carbone and Federico Anfitti)IMAGES OF URUGUAYAN ALFREDO ETCHEGARAY AND URUGUAYAN RESEARCHER DANIEL ACOSTA Y LARA. THE IMAGES OF THE RESCUE OF THE EAGLE OF THE GRAF SPEE WERE HANDOUT BY THE BUSINESSMAN ALFREDO ETCHEGARAY.TRANSLATIONALFREDO ETCHEGARAY: 1. "It was said that there was the possibility of the eagle, that it could have been secretly removed by the Germans, that it could have been removed by the English who had divers working there with those old scuba divers, however there they were with their equipment in a very good state"2. "The boat is in bad, it is in a very bad state, but it doesn't matter, you have to leave it like that, that it is seen"3. "Reflection is one of the most important things because reflection helps correct the path of things and not make the mistakes of the past"DANIEL ACOSTA Y LARA: "It is really impressive, I was the one who proposed to cover the swastika, then that was criticized. Emotionally it had an impressive effect to see the eagle emerge from the water, not because I have any inclination for Nazi images, much the opposite, when they ask me about the ship I say that it was well sunk. It is not possible to take it out, the ship is very damaged, it is broken in two, say the part of the stern where the major explosion occurred "