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« Reply #30 on: November 23, 2009, 02:44:58 pm »

It was not long after the glowing hot metal had cooled when theories about the cause of the disaster began to emerge. Both the United States and Germany conducted investigations into the crash, and both concluded sabotage was a distinct possibility. One of the reasons favoring sabotage was that the Hindenburg was a powerful symbol of Nazi Germany and its destruction would damage Nazi prestige. Eric Spehl, a crewman aboard the vessel who died in the crash, was even named as the most likely saboteur. Spehl served as a rigger who was stationed near Gas Cell 4 where the fire that destroyed the ship is believed to have begun. Further evidence used against Spehl includes that his girlfriend was a suspected communist with anti-Nazi connections and the discovery of a dry-cell battery in the wreckage. Spehl was an amateur photographer acquainted with flashbulbs, and some theorize he used one of these bulbs powered by the battery as an ignition source to start the catastrophic fire.
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