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Nazi relics for sale: Paratrooper's helmet, signed photo of Hitler and Rudolf Hess
New Zealand: Nazi paraphernalia going under the hammer at Dunbar Sloane's militaria auction include an officer's peaked cap, a Luftwaffe helmet and 2 brooches - all emblazoned with Nazi Germany's eagle and swastika emblems. A German paratrooper's helmet from Crete (worth $3500-$5000) was also among the offerings, auctioneer Bettina Frith said. The most sensational item is the personally signed photograph of Adolf Hitler and his 1930s deputy Rudolf Hess. The photo, which has been set up for sale before without success, is worth $2000-$4000.     [ stuff :: 2008-03-07 :: WWII, Nazi Helmets ]

Items of Adolf Hitler, Eva Braun for sale - Collection of a Spitfire pilot
Artifacts once owned by Nazi leader Adolf Hitler and his mistress Eva Braun are being auctioned as part of a private treaty sale at Eleys Auctions. The collection includes 3 large silver trays which were part of a state German silver dinner service presented to Hitler on his 50th birthday in 1939, glass which formed dressing table items belonging to Eva Braun and a clock from one of Hitler's personal cars. "This has absolutely nothing to do with the Holocaust, they are genuine antiques which happened to belong to people who were infamous," said Phillip Knapper. The collection comes from a WW2 Spitfire pilot who collects antiques.     [ bostonstandard :: 2008-01-17 :: Nazi Relics: Personal items of leaders ]

Hitler Diaries - A fake set became one of the most costly forgeries
On April 22, 1983 the Stern magazine declared "the most important historical event of the last ten years." It had came upon the personal diary of Adolf Hitler: a multi-volume work covering the years 1932-1945. Agencies bid for the right to serialize the diary. Journalists, historians, and WWII buffs anticipated what disclosures it would contain. Skeptics insisted it had to be a fake - and 2 weeks after Stern's declaration, forensics experts denounced the diaries as a crude forgery, by Konrad Kujau. The debunking of the Hitler diaries turned out just as sensational as their discovery: Careers were ruined, and people went to prison. Stern lost as much as 19M marks.     [ museumofhoaxes :: 2008-01-12 :: Nazi Relics: Personal items of leaders ]

Signed Mein Kampf, Nazi bravery award Knight's Cross in auction
A signed copy of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf and a rare Nazi bravery award are expected to fetch thousands at an auction in Brisbane. The 1935 copy of Mein Kampf (My Struggle), signed by Hitler, is expected to fetch over $2500 at the Brisbane Legacy Military Memorabilia Auction. However, the auction's showpiece is the Knight's Cross with Golden Oak Leaves and Swords, one of Nazi Germany's highest military honours. It was awarded to only 159 recipients during World War II and could fetch up to $20,000. Both were among a number of items donated by the family of military collector Howard Bergin.     [ heraldsun :: 2007-11-14 ]

Adolf Hitler's globe from Eagle's Nest fetches £50,000
A globe that once belonged to Adolf Hitler has sold at auction for £50,000 - Over 5 times its estimate. American soldier John Barsamian found the globe among the ruins of Hitler's "Eagle's Nest" in the Bavarian Alps in May 1945 - Other soldiers had already looted the inside of his private residence, even stripping the leather from furniture. He took it home and kept it for 60 years, along with all the military paperwork that allowed him to take the globe to the U.S.     [ dailymail :: 2007-11-14 ]

A souvenir of 1945 reveals Adolf Hitler's 'mail order' art looting
An American soldier stationed at Adolf Hitler's Bavarian mountain hideway Berghof at the end of world war 2 looked around for a souvenir. His choice was unveiled in Washington: two brown leather-bound albums that could provide new clues to Nazi-looted treasures. The two albums contain pictures of art treasures stolen after the invasion of France in 1940 and sent to Hitler and Hermann Goering to help them make selections for their collections. "In their leisure time they flipped through them like mail order catalogues," said Robert Edsel. Hitler had planned to establish the world's greatest exhibition the Führer Museum in his hometown Linz.     [ guardian :: 2007-11-02 ]

Proof that recovered artifacts of Hitler are genuine, and from Berghof
Salt Lake County investigators say they've received documentation showing that the collection of Adolf Hitler artifacts are genuine - and that they were legitimately given to a Utah soldier. Each piece is described in the 3rd Infantry Division's inventory that authorizes the soldier to take them with his gear. The as yet unnamed soldier found the artifacts in the ruins of the Berghof - part of Hitler's mountain retreat in Bavaria. On top of that mountain was the Eagle's Nest. The veteran has died, but his son told that family expects to take back the collection and is debating what will be done with it.     [ abc4 :: 2007-10-24 :: Nazi Relics: Personal items of leaders ]

More nazi items turn up: Swastika-decorated vase, gift to Adolf Hitler
A vase that was a gift to Adolf Hitler was turned over to investigators, who are rounding up a collection of Nazi artifacts stolen from a Utah storage unit. Three items were earlier confiscated from an antiques dealer, approached by a man who wanted to sell them. The items were taken from Hitler's "Eagle's Nest" (Berghof) mountain home by an American soldier. The soldier's son later found the collection and put it in storage. The vase was recovered a few hours after other pieces were unveiled. A bronze bust of Hitler is still missing. The vase - dated 1933 - is decorated with swastikas and accolades to Hitler, e.g. "for the chancellor."     [ iht :: 2007-10-21 :: Nazi Relics: Personal items of leaders ]

Adolf Hitler artifacts from Eagle's Nest recovered in US storage unit
Salt Lake County: Detectives recovered Nazi artifacts that somehow moved from Hitler's mountain stronghold to a Utah storage unit where they were stolen 2 years ago. The documents, addressed to Adolf Hitler, were obtained from an antiques dealer who had been approached by somebody who wanted to sell them. The items are believed to have come from "Eagle's Nest" (Berghof) and brought home by an American soldier after WWII. One piece is a handbound history of Henry the Lion, the 12th century duke of Bavaria and Saxony and founder of Munich. The scroll, kept in a metal cylinder and a leather-bound box embossed with the Nazi eagle, is addressed to Hitler and dated 1933.     [ iht :: 2007-10-19 :: Nazi Relics: Personal items of leaders ]

Soldier who looted Hitler's Globe from Eagle's Nest puts it on sale
Days after the end of WWII, American soldier John Barsamian entering the Adolf Hitler's stronghold found that Allied bombing had left the "Eagle's Nest" in ruins. Other soldiers had looted the residence, even stripping the leather from furniture. Nearly everything was gone except for the Fuhrer's globe. Now he is putting the nazi relic up for auction, along with all the military paperwork (like a certificate: "1 Global Map, German, Hitler's Eagle Nest") that allowed him to bring it back to the U.S. with other war memorabilia like a pistol and a dagger. Other items up for auction include rare documents signed by Hitler, and a box of Hermann Goering's cigars.     [ abcnews :: 2007-10-16 :: Nazi Relics: Personal items of leaders ]

Adolf Hitler's correspondence revealed: Love letters to a dictator
Adolf Hitler received more fan letters than Mick Jagger, Madonna and the Beatles combined. Many were from women wanting to marry him, others from men wanting to be like him. What Adolf Hitler thought of this mass hysteria died with him in Berlin in 1945. But thousands of the letters survived and have been compiled into a book "Letters to Hitler: A People Writes to its Fuehrer." The letters were found by the Russian at his chancellery, at the Berghof and in his residence in Munich. One woman wrote: "I would like to make you my little puppy my dear, my eternal, my lovely Adolf." Karl Leiff wrote: "If only all Germans could be as pure of heart and as noble of purpose as you."     [ dailymail :: 2007-10-09 :: Adolf Hitler: Dictator, Fuhrer, Biography ]

A letter signed by Hitler to be sold as part of Nazi memorabilia collection
New Zealand: A letter signed by Adolf Hitler is to be auction in Christchurch as part of a collection of Nazi memorabilia. The letter is dated April 1941 and bears Hitler's personal seal. Experts say Hitler usually used a printing press to sign items, so if the letter is authentic it is very unusual. It is part of a collection that includes clothing, paintings and medals. The auction has been criticised as morally repugnant, but New Zealand has no laws against selling Nazi militaria.     [ tv3 :: 2007-09-16 :: Nazi Relics: Personal items of leaders ]

Lakewood evidence room: Hitler's dinnerware looted from Eagle's Nest
For 21 years Bob Huestis has overseen 68,000 items of the Lakewood Police Department's evidence room. 6-7 years ago he came into contact with the strangest items: Hitler's pewter, engraved silverware. A blind widower hired a handyman, who stealed items from her house. In the back of her closet was a box of items her husband brought back from World War II. Her husband drove General George Patton around, and he was present in 1945 after allied forces raided Hitler's mountain stronghold, the Eagle's Nest. After Patton and others ransacked Hitler's belongings, the husband brought back dinnerware and linens, marked with the swastika and the initials "A.H."     [ milehighnews :: 2007-08-28 :: Nazi Relics: Personal items of leaders ]

Hitler's champagne from the ruins of Reich Chancellery sold for £1,688
A bottle of champagne reputed to have come from Adolf Hitler's personal wine cellar fetched nearly £2,000 at auction. The bottle of 1937 Moet and Chandon was apparently taken by an allied soldier from the ruins of the Reich Chancellery in Berlin after the Nazis were defeated in May 1945. The British soldier returned with the souvenir to the UK and kept it with him until it was handed over to a solicitor as a thank you gift. The bottle was expected to fetch £500 but interest from bidders across Europe pushed up the cost. In the end, the bottle was snapped up by a Swedish buyer for £1,688.     [ telegraph :: 2007-08-18 :: Nazi Relics: Personal items of leaders ]

Hitler's personal music collection surprising, found from Moscow attic
It's no surprise that music from Adolf Hitler favorite composers such as Richard Wagner would turn up in the Nazi leader's personal record collection. Yet a Moscow attic of Lew Besymenski, a captain in Russia's military intelligence unit, has yielded a complex picture of the Führer's musical taste. Nearly 100 records suggest Hitler also listened to Russian and Jewish musicians declared "subhuman" by the Nazis. In 1945 Besymenski went to the captured Reich Chancellery in Berlin. The HQ of the Nazi party were located near the underground bunker where Hitler committed suicide. Besymenski's comrades took silverware engraved with Hitler's initials with them as souvenirs.     [ dw-world :: 2007-08-07 :: Adolf Hitler: Dictator, Fuhrer, Biography ]

Bottle of champagne taken from Adolf Hitler's cellar to be auctioned
A bottle of 1937 Moet and Chandon champagne believed to have been taken from dictator Adolf Hitler's wine cellar by an allied soldier is to go under the hammer. It is believed to be from Hitler`s personal stock and was handed over to Nigel Wilson as a thank you gift. "He had it given to him by a soldier who, as far as we can work out, retrieved it from the ruins of the Reich Chancellery in Berlin after the Nazis were defeated in May 1945. They made their way in to the Chancellery, the Russians had been there first, there was a lot of looting and the soldier and members of his unit took themselves a little souvenir."     [ u.tv :: 2007-08-03 :: Nazi Relics: Personal items of leaders ]

Adolf Hitler's gift watch to Theodor Gilbert Morell sold for $70,000
An historically important watch, an 18K gold, hunting-cased, keyless pocket watch, which is described as a "minute-repeating" watch by A. Lange & Sohne, Glashutte, I/SA, B/Dresden, No. 91764, was sold for $70,000. The watch was made in 1938, and sold to Adolf Lunser, Berlin, a company that was the supplier to the Third Reich. The watch, inscribed "22.7.44 mit den herzlichsten Wünschen" ("July 22, 1944, with most cordial wishes"), was presented to Dr Theodor Gilbert Morell by Adolf Hitler on July 22, 1944. Morell was Hitler's physician, and known for his alternative treatments. Historians believe that his practices contributed to Hitler's ill health.     [ antiquesandthearts :: 2007-07-18 :: Nazi Relics: Personal items of leaders ]

A rare collection of Nazi military artefacts, like items of Eva Braun
A rare collection of Nazi military artefacts, like personal items from Adolf Hitler's mistress Eva Braun, went under the hammer in Adelaide at the Megaw and Hogg Auction Rooms. Among treasures sold was a personal signed letter of Eva Braun's, which was taken by an American serviceman after the Second World War ended in 1945. It was sold for $1400. Craig Orchard bought 4 of the 5 Eva Braun items: "I just thought they were incredibly undervalued for a piece of history." Letters signed by German SS chief Heinrich Himmler about the defection of New Zealander Ray Nicholas Courlander to Nazi Germany sold for $800.     [ adelaidenow :: 2007-07-10 :: Nazi Relics: Personal items of leaders ]

Controversial Eva Braun Toy Car on Exhibit at DFW Toy Museum
Of the more than 3,000 rare replicas and toy cars at DFW Elite Toy Museum, one is a lightning rod for controversy. The Eva Braun Car, built by Tippco, continues to be a subject of debate among historians. "Only 5 of these Tippco models are known to exist worldwide, and there is so much debate about their history. Many historians deny such a car ever existed, but others disagree and speculate that the toy is based upon a car that Adolf Hitler gave to his mistress." The tin-plate replica of a 1938 Mercedes 540K is gold. Tippco built it in 1942, and Sturgeon spent 5 years searching for it. Dubbed the Eva Braun Car, it is valued at $12,000.     [ 24-7pressrelease :: 2007-06-13 :: Nazi Relics: Personal items of leaders ]

Memorabilia exhibition: Hitler's pocket diary, Eva Braun's nightdress
7th Baronet Sir Reresby Sitwell has just opened a bizarre exhibition of wartime memorabilia at Renishaw Hall in Derbyshire. Among the highlights are Field Marshal Montgomery's pyjamas, Goering's cufflinks, Mussolini's cigarette case, Adolf Hitler's pocket diary and various extracts from the boudoir of his mistress Eva Braun, including nightdress embroidered with tiny Nazi swastikas. Then I realised that all this is in keeping with a long tradition. "I can't remember how those got there, but that is where they live," Sir Reresby tells me as I walk through the front door and see a life-size medieval warrior brandishing a spear.     [ dailymail :: 2007-06-03 :: Nazi Relics: Personal items of leaders ]

Set of German dishes that Hitler gave to a top Nazi military official
Among the oddest parts of the vast collection of antiques owned by W.A. Criswell and his wife, was a set of German dishes that Adolf Hitler purportedly gave to a top Nazi military official. They went to Munich soon after World War II and ended up having dinner at the home of an antiques dealer. He noticed a spectacular Meissen tureen, and the dealer showed him the rest of the set and told him Hitler had it made by the Meissen factory for a "von Blomberg" who was "head of armies." The Nazi Army was indeed led by Werner von Blomberg, who served as Hitler's minister of war, commander-in-chief and field marshal before losing out in a 1938 internal power struggle.     [ wfaa :: 2007-04-10 :: Nazi Relics: Personal items of leaders ]

Nazi guest book from Dachau camp - signed by Heinrich Himmler
Phil Burgess has donated an important historical document - the Nazi guest book from the Dachau camp - to a Melbourne Museum. The book was signed by Nazis who visited the infamous death camp, opened in March 1933, and signatures include that of SS commandant Heinrich Himmler. "It is a quite remarkable - and disturbing - document of a horrific episode of human history. This book and its inscriptions bring you face-to-face with evil." The guest book was "liberated" by his aunt, Elizabeth Burgess, who was a nurse with the US 42nd Infantry Division that entered Dachau in April, 1945.     [ theage :: 2007-04-03 :: Nazi Relics: Personal items of leaders ]

Photo album of Adolf Hitler's niece Angela "Geli" Raubal for sale
The photo album of Adolf Hitler's niece Angela "Geli" Raubal is up for sale and experts believe it could fetch more than 2,000 pounds. Experts believe many of the 35 intimate photographs were taken by Hitler himself. "Because of Hitler's kinky relationship with his young niece we have had enormous interest".     [ ukauction :: 2006-10-24 :: Nazi Relics: Personal items of leaders ]

An American selling a collection of Adolf Hitler memorabilia
An American has decided to sell a collection of Adolf Hitler memorabilia, including a watch the Nazi leader presented to the architect Albert Speer. The items include: a gold and enamel pocket watch presented by Hitler to Speer who later became German minister of armaments, a large silver tea tray presented to Hitler on his 50th birthday; in the center are his initials surmounted by the German nazi eagle, a map of Poland produced by British and American authorities for the Nuremberg. Buyers of Hitler relics and items are usually private collectors of military memorabilia or World War II enthusiasts.     [ hnn.us :: 2006-10-20 :: Nazi Relics: Personal items of leaders ]

Adolf Hitler's gold and enamel pocket watch up for sale
A gold watch belonging to Adolf Hitler is to be put up for auction. Among a collection of Hitler memorabilia to be sold is the gold and enamel pocket watch that Hitler gave to Albert Speer. Art dealer Minas Katchadorian described the collector as "devoting so much time and energy to building ... collection and we are sure there are similarly passionate collectors who will welcome the opportunity" to purchase the pieces. The same collector also put up for sale a desk and chair that was once the property of Hitler. Katchadorian said that there had been interest for the pieces from around the globe, highlighting the demand for Hitler memorabilia.     [ gold :: 2006-10-17 :: Hitler's watches, WWII gold & replica watches ]

One of the largest sales ever held of works attributed to the Hitler
They came from England, from Estonia, from Russia and from the US. A group of elderly men, young businessmen, and Russian oligarchs of various ages. Nearly all male, nearly all pretending to be someone else. They avoided the cameras and barely spoke to the media. All of them had a lot of money, all of them denied having any sympathy for Nazism or the Third Reich, and all of them came to this village in England for one reason: to buy paintings by Adolf Hitler. Commerce in collectors' items from the Second World War - including items that belonged to the leaders of the Nazi Party, works of art by Hitler, weapons and uniforms - is now flourishing as never before.     [ hrtz :: 2006-10-09 :: Collectors, Memorabilia and Militaria ]

Collector sells desk and chair of Nazi Leader Adolf Hitler
A desk and chair which belonged to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler are expected to sell for up to $1 million, a dealer said. Minas Katchadorian said the oak pieces came from Hitler's luxury apartment in Munich, bought for him by a wealthy admirer, commissioned by Elsa Bruckmann. The desk and chair are being sold privately by an American collector who does not want his identity to be revealed. It is believed the collector acquired them in the 1970s, when the U.S. held a sale of wartime collectibles. They were delivered to Hitler's apartment in Munich's Prinzregentenplatz in November 1929.     [ voanews :: 2006-09-05 :: Nazi Relics: Personal items of leaders ]

A book from Adolf Hitler's library shelves is up for sale
After a tour that's taken over 60 years, a rare book from Hitler's library shelves is up for sale in Angus. The Feuhrer's fondness for the musical accomplishments of a fellow countryman was discovered by a RNVR (Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve) lieutenant in November 1945, when he "liberated" the copy of the Life of Mozart from Adolf Hitler's yacht. Bearing the blue Kriegsmarine Commando circular stamp and inscribed by the seaman who captured the wartime souvenir.     [ eveningtelegraph :: 2006-08-02 :: Nazi Relics: Personal items of leaders ]

Adolf Hitler-signed document appointing Rosenberg failed to sell
An auction of Nazi memorabilia drew some attention from collectors of military-related items, but overall, the event proved downright sedate. So sedate that the event's big-ticket item - an Adolf Hitler-signed document appointing Alfred Rosenberg to run German-occupied eastern Europe - failed to sell after bids topped out at $2,200. Most collectors present showed far more interest in the antiques on offer, which were being auctioned after the Nazi memorabilia sale wrapped up. While collectors attending the auction said nearly all the buyers of such memorabilia simply had an interest in militaria, they understood the goods could make others uncomfortable.     [ ul :: 2006-07-24 :: Nazi Relics: Personal items of leaders ]

The globe Adolf Hitler gazed highlights new exhibit
The globe Adolf Hitler gazed upon while contemplating world domination is in good condition but for one blemish - the bullet hole directly through Berlin, inflicted by a Soviet soldier after the Nazi dictator's defeat in 1945. The oversized orb is just one highlight of the more than 8,000 artifacts in the German Historical Museum's permanent display on the country's 2,000-year history, which seeks to help Germans rediscover their identity. With World War II still in living memory, many Germans have shunned the study of their own past. The 12 years the Nazis were in power makes up one of the largest sections of the exhibit.     [ ap :: 2006-06-01 :: Nazi Relics: Personal items of leaders ]

8000 items memorabilia collection: piece of Hitler's Berghof patio
Rees often is asked why he collects memories of war. The answer can be found on his basement door, which opens into the "Eagle's Nest," a private museum of military memorabilia. The poster on the door reads: "Behold the work of the old, Let your heritage not be lost; But bequeath it as a memory, treasure and blessing, Gather the lost and hidden, And preserve it for thy children." He has more than 8,000 pieces - from posters and uniforms to airplane cockpits and fully functioning vehicles. Smithsonian Officials have called it one of the finest private WWII collections. In one corner is the bullet-riddled vertical stabilizer of a WW2 Luftwaffe Messerschmitt BF-110C.     [ suburbanchicagonews :: 2006-05-30 :: Nazi Memorabilia, collectibles, militaria ]

Hitler's love book to Eva Braun for sale
A book of Bavarian poetry Adolf Hitler gave his girlfriend Eva Braun in 1940 with a sentimental inscription is up for auction with an asking price of $175,000. The copy of "Josef Filsers Briefwexel" is inscribed in German with the words: "My darling Eva. A gift of love from the heart. Adolf Hitler. Berlin Jan. 19, 1940." The German adjective Hitler used for darling indicates a sincere, tender affection. It is the only known written indication of affection Hitler showed for Braun. The pair later married, and committed suicide together in a Berlin bunker.     [ upi :: 2006-04-19 :: Nazi Relics: Personal items of leaders ]

For sale: Car given by Mussolini to Hitler's Third Reich
Two history-laden cars will be auctioned, including the only official vehicle used by the two presidents of France's post WWII fourth republic and a car given by Mussolini to Hitler's Third Reich. Lovingly maintained and in perfect working order is a 1938 Lancia Astura, one of four vehicles ordered by Italian dictator Benito Mussolini as gifts for Germany's Third Reich government. This car was used by Magda, wife of Joseph Goebbels, Adolf Hitler's propaganda minister, who sent it to Mercedes to have the original cream-coloured interior changed to red.     [ afp :: 2006-04-01 :: Nazi Relics: Personal items of leaders ]

A copy of "Mein Kampf" personally belonged to Hitler?
Gentile's students had written the German government in researching whether a copy of "Mein Kampf" personally belonged to Hitler. The leatherbound book reportedly was taken as a souvenir when American troops advanced into Berchtesgaden, at the close of WWII. A Wisconsin soldier from the 101st Airborne had loaned the book to Gentile's students. Janssen possesses the book and now wants to sell it. The letters could help boost the book's value, he said.     [ greenbaypressgazette :: 2006-03-16 :: Mein Kampf & The Second Book ]

Gun Hitler May Have Owned Fetches $140,000
With a link to Adolf Hitler driving up the price, a WWII - era gun with the initials A.H. sold for $140,025 in an online auction. Bidding began Jan. 30 and stalled for days at $13,000 before rising as deadline loomed. At least 60 bids were put in for the weapon. Randall Gibson, author of "The Krieghoff Parabellum," a reference book on the gunmaker, has said he believes Hitler did own the gun. He said the company gave engraved guns to Hitler and other high-ranking German officials as it sought military contracts. There's no official proof the gun was Hitler's, but a family has tried to document how it made its journey to the US after being seized from one of Hitler's palaces in the Bavarian mountains. A man from the U.S. Army's 506th parachute regiment supposedly sold the gun to an Army lieutenant, who kept the gun under his bed for decades, taking it out only occasionally to hunt.     [ ap :: 2006-02-10 :: Nazi Relics: Personal items of leaders ]

SS ring only give to those close to Himmler handed over to museum
Iolo Lewis acquired the ring in the wake of the WW2. He said: "I was one of a team involved in seeking out SS personnel mingling in anonymously with ordinary German soldiers. I disarmed a man, taking his pistol, which I kept, and I also took a ring. It was what we did in those days." He later discovered that as well as having SS and Nazi engravings on the outside, ring had two names and a date on the inside: "H WAGNER.21.6.42.H.HIMMLER". The ring was only given to the elite of the SS and those close to Himmler himself. Hurst Wagner had been at the notorious Wannsee meeting. Knowing the ring's history, Mr Lewis decided the only home for it would be the museum.     [ whtimes :: 2006-01-26 :: Nazi Relics: Personal items of leaders ]

Auction: Rare Photo Album of SS Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler
Manion's International Auction House has recently listed a rare photo album assembled by a witness to one of SS leader Heinrich Himmler's official wartime meetings with the command staff of the feared 2nd SS Panzer Division (Das Reich). The album provides a candid glimpse 'behind the scenes' at one of the Third Reich's most infamous personalities. It includes 38 original black and white photos chronicling the meeting. Himmler is clearly visible in about 90% of the shots. The album even includes a shot of him in a strange and rather jaunty pose, the caption detailing his 'good mood.'     [ infoZine :: 2006-01-23 :: Nazi Relics: Personal items of leaders ]

Inside Hitler's bunker - "I had to get something"
When Lester Hurst was stationed in Berlin after WWII, he took the opportunity to visit Hitler's bunker, the place where Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun committed suicide. It was in the Russian occupation zone and they had strict rules for the visitors: No photographs, no souvenirs. 'I had to get something,' Hurst said. 'We were wearing these big overcoats, so I sort of 'stumbled' and grabbed a rock I had spotted.' Hurst was selected to be one of the honor guard at the Allied commanders meetings, including Gens. Eisenhower and Omar Bradley, Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery and Russian and French generals - 'I couldn't pronounce their names,' Hurst chuckled.     [ zanesvilletimes :: 2005-12-26 :: Nazi Relics: Personal items of leaders ]

12in Silver cup - The Nazi war relic is locked in a vault
A valuable chalice once owned by one of Hitler's henchmen is hidden in a safe in Scotland. The Nazi war relic is locked in a vault at the Royal Bank of Scotland's HQ in Edinburgh. The antique's owner, Derick Smith, was given the chalice by a British soldier who found it in Hermann Goering's home after WWII. Now he is planning to sell the relic - which experts believe could fetch £2million - if he can find a buyer.     [ DailyRecord :: 2005-11-01 :: Nazi Relics: Personal items of leaders ]

Nazi Documents, Medal belonged to Adolf Hitler Stolen From Moscow Exhibition
Valuable exhibits, including soldiers' papers and a military decoration that belonged to Adolf Hitler, were stolen from the Moscow-based Federal Archives that is hosting an exhibition marking the 60th anniversary of Russia's victory over Nazi Germany.     [ MoscowNews :: 2005-10-05 :: Nazi Relics: Personal items of leaders ]

Signed Mein Kampf first edition sold for 23,800 pounds
The book, which was sold to an anonymous buyer at Bloomsbury Auctions, was expected to fetch up to £25,000. It was sold on behalf of a collector and was part of a lot of signed postcards and other stationery from high-ranking Nazis. The work - which translates as My Struggle - became the bible of National Socialism in Hitler's Third Reich. Originally called Four Years of Struggle against Lies, Stupidity and Cowardice, it was first published in two volumes. The book which was auctioned is the first volume, written when Hitler was in Landsberg prison after the abortive Beer Hall Putsch of 1923.     [ bbc :: 2005-06-15 :: Mein Kampf & The Second Book ]

Hermann Goering's gold ring up for auction
A gold ring once owned by Nazi war criminal, Hermann Goering, has been put up for auction in New Zealand. The gold signet ring is covered in Nazi regalia and comes with a certificate of authenticity. It is thought the ring was made by jeweller, Professor Herbert Zeitner, in 1942. The ring was then confiscated by the US Army when Hermann Goering was surrendered in Austria in 1945.     [ gold :: 2005-05-09 :: Nazi Relics: Personal items of leaders ]

Museum features items from Adolf Hitler's bunker
Items from Hitler's Berlin bunker including marble from his desk and carpet from the floor feature in a new exhibition. Other exhibits at The Green Howards Museum, in Richmond, North Yorkshire, include the key to the Fuhrer's office and parts of his radio. The items, taken by a soldier after the allies took Berlin in 1945, form the centrepiece of an exhibition telling how British troops fought their way across Europe to the German capital after the D-Day landings.     [ thisisthenortheast :: 2005-02-10 :: Nazi Relics: Personal items of leaders ]

Hitler makes history at auction - Souvenired items auctioned
What's in a name? Quite a lot of cash, if the name is Adolf Hitler. Neil Duff souvenired two items from the German dictator's bomb-shattered Berlin office in 1945. One was a religious text book bearing his own "ex libris" bookplate, the other a typed thank-you card carrying his signature. A private collector bought the book for $8500. The book, God's Work and Luther's Teaching, was given to Hitler in 1933 by a Lutheran pastor who wrote a dedication. The card - its estimated price was $3000 - went for $6500. Opening the plain black book, once held in Hitler's hands, stirs emotions: wonderment that history can be so palpable, coupled with a vague revulsion.     [ nzherald :: 2004-05-16 :: Nazi Relics: Personal items of leaders ]

The Hitler Cup trophy has turned up in Glasgow
The Hitler Cup, one of sport's most unusual trophies, has turned up in a businessman's display case in Glasgow, solving one of golf's strangest mysteries. The Hitler Cup was commissioned by the Fuhrer and was to be presented to the winners of an amateur international tournament in the spa town of Baden-Baden immediately after the Berlin Olympics in 1936.     [ Telegraph :: 2004-03-26 :: Nazi Relics: Personal items of leaders ]

Hermann Goering's luxurious yacht named Carin II
It has belonged to one of Germany's most notorious Nazi leaders, the British Royal Family and the man who perpetrated the Hitler Diaries hoax. A gift to Hermann Goering, supreme commander of the Luftwaffe, the luxurious yacht hosted some of the most chilling meetings of the Third Reich. Hitler was a frequent visitor, as was Nazi propaganda minister Josef Goebbels, SS chief Heinrich Himmler, and his security police leader, Reinhard Heydrich. Goering stored the finest wines and cognac aboard, hosted lavish dinners and shot ducks from a specially constructed platform on the bow.     [ scotsman :: 2004-02-09 :: Nazi Relics: Personal items of leaders ]

Nazi security chief Ernst Kaltenbrunner's seal found in Alpine lake
The personal seal of the Nazi security chief Ernst Kaltenbrunner has been found in an Alpine lake, more than 50 years after he threw it away in an effort to hide his identity. The seal was recovered by chance by a Dutch holidaymaker in the shallows of the Altausee, Austria. Kaltenbrunner was head of the SD, the security section of the SS, and was hanged at Nuremberg for war crimes. Experts at Vienna University who have examined the seal believe Kaltenbrunner probably threw it into the lake in the final days of the war in May 1945.     [ telegraph :: 2001-11-16 :: Nazi Relics: Personal items of leaders ]

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'Watches Hitler gave to top nazis'

'Relic hunters'

'WW2, Nazi Memorabilia'

Mein kampf

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'Nazi Daggers'.

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