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What does a stunning certificate from the US War Department have to do with a family estate in Mallorca? A discovery suggests a connection.
Palma – Strange discoveries are made again and again. A man came across a frightening find while cleaning out the basement. Now a mysterious discovery on a family estate in Mallorca is linked to the construction of the first atomic bomb. But what does it mean?
Mysterious US War Department document found on family property
Last year Patricia Veiret inherited the family estate Ca’s Potecari in Palma from her second aunt, Pilar Sureda Sackett. That reported that Mallorca Magazine. While cleaning up, she and her husband came across an unusual find from the former U.S. War Department. It was an award given to her great-aunt Eleanor Sackett for her role in building the atomic bomb. But what role does Eleanor supposedly have played here?
Eleanor, the daughter of a wealthy banker, came to Mallorca from the USA in the 1920s. There she met the Sureda family and eventually married Jacob, her second husband. In 1929, Eleanor and Jacob tied the knot and moved into the property on the island that had previously been purchased by the bride’s parents.
When Eleanor’s father died and the Great Depression set in at the end of the 1920s, Eleanor had to look for a job. According to the newspaper’s report, she was said to have worked as a secretary at Bakelite Corporation. The company produced the first synthetic plastic of the same name.
Discovery on family property establishes connection to construction of first atomic bomb
The mass-produced plastic was already used in the armaments industry during the First World War, for example for ignition mechanisms and grenade casings, as the Bakelite Museum portal reported. Accordingly, it appears that the Bakelite Corporation was also involved in the production of the atomic bomb.
But the secretary Eleanor probably didn’t know anything about this. She was only able to make the connection when she held the certificate in her hands. “This is a certification that Eleanor Sackett Sureda participated in work essential to the production of the atomic bomb and thereby contributed to the successful end of World War II. This certificate is an award for effective service,” it says. The development of the atomic bomb was also the subject of Christopher Nolan’s film “Oppenheimer” last year. Today many nations have nuclear arsenals. An expert recently warned that Iran is probably close to a nuclear bomb.
Eleanor’s certificate is dated August 6, 1945. On that day, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. There is also a stamp from the Manhattan Project. This research project summarized all US developments in the construction of the atomic bomb during the Second World War.
However, Patricia’s aunt didn’t seem particularly proud of her mother’s award. “When I asked her about it one day, she got very angry. She wasn’t proud of it at all,” her niece told me Ultima Hora. On the other hand, researchers were amazed when they discovered ancient shipwrecks in the Adriatic.
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