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Lunch and Learn:  AKTION P
September 3, 2025

Lunch and Learn: AKTION P

Join us for a delightful afternoon of good food and engaging conversations about local art and history!
Order ahead from Sweet Bella @ The MATT or bring your own lunch to enjoy.
First Wednesday of Every Month | 12–1 PM

Join speaker John J O’Leary IV as he regals attendees in an astounding story of war and mystery. In the summer of 1942, during the height of World War II, an assassination attempt was made on SS-Obergruppenfürher Reinhard Heydrich. As a result, Daimler-Benz was ordered to produce twenty bulletproof sedans (supercharged 540K models) called AKTION P for increased security. Today, the only place the public can view a surviving AKTION P from WWII is the National Technical Museum in Prague, Czech Republic. In 1994, Richard Reuter (O’Leary’s father-in-law) was part of a trio of Connecticut residents that acquired the AKTION P in Tallinn, Estonia, in exchange for an education in the United States for his daughter.

COST
$10.00 per Non- Member
$5.00 per Member
Pre-registration is suggested due to limited spots.

Sponsored by Christine and Eugene Shugrue

Mattatuck Museum
144 West Main Street
Waterbury, CT 06702

https://www.mattmuseum.org/calendar/lunch-and-learn-aktion-p/

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