10. What was the device known as Die Glocke (The Bell)?
An alleged secret of Nazi Germany is a device known as Die Glocke (The Bell), which was developed for different purposes depending on the perspective of the sources which describe its existence. It consisted of counter rotating vertical chambers within a chamber which was shaped to resemble a large bell, manufactured from an exceptionally hard metal. The rotating chambers were filled with a liquid which was code-named Xerum 525, which some have said was likely red mercury. Some sources describe Die Glocke as having a concave mirror mounted on the top, which gave it the ability to present images from the past for viewing by its operators. The problem was that according to the same sources no person could be near Die Glocke to view any of the images it received and presented, as they would be killed from the effects of the bell’s operation.
According to these sources, when Die Glocke was put into operation an area ranging out to about seven hundred feet became instantly uninhabitable. Plant life melted into a jellied mess. Animal muscle would become crystallized and blood separated and gelled. According to one source describing Die Glocke, five of the seven scientists involved in its development and testing were killed during the tests, and the facility in which they were conducted was severely damaged. The project was under the purview of the SS and the records of the experiments were destroyed to prevent the device, likewise destroyed, from falling into the hands of Germany’s enemies. The secret weapon know as Die Glocke is widely regarded to be a hoax, with its basis being in science fiction stories of the 1950s and early 1960s. Physical and documentary evidence of the experiments are non-existent, though some still list it as one of the most guarded Nazi secrets of the Second World War.