Next door to the auto museum in Suhl was the weapons museum. Komrad Kalashnikov, designer of AK-47 was where some of the AK's were made during the cold war. Very cool place if your in the area. Suhl is about two hours North of Nurnberg or about three hours from Munich.
Mikhail Kalashnikov, AK-47 designer, wrote penitent letter before he died...
http://www.aol.com/article/2014/01/1...?ncid=webmail1