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"Most Affectionately, A. Hitler"

Discussion in 'WWII Today' started by GRW, Jan 29, 2013.

  1. GRW

    GRW Pillboxologist WW2|ORG Editor

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    "This is the platinum watch given by Adolf Hitler to his mistress Eva Braun for her 27th birthday.
    The Eszeha watch was engraved with 'Zum 6.2.1939 herzlichst A. Hitler' (‘On 6 February 1939, most affectionately, A. Hitler’) with a registration code of 86439 and had been hidden in a Munich museum.
    It was found at the Pinakothek der Moderne (Gallery of the Modern) by researchers with Der Spiegel (The Mirror) magazine, stored together with other valuable Nazi objects hidden from the public.
    Miss Braun met the Nazi leader through Heinrich Hoffman, whom she worked for as an assistant. He became Hitler’s personal photographer and the couple had a secret romance in the 1930s.

    Hitler’s mistress joined him in Berlin towards the end of the war and they married on April 29 1945, before committing suicide together the next day - to avoid being captured by enemy troops.
    Miss Braun was born in 1912 in Munich and she attended a convent school. The relationship with Hitler was kept secret until after the Second World War had finished in 1945.
    It comes as Angela Merkel had to choose what to do with her office rug after it was found to be part of a collection of treasures looted by wartime air force chief and deputy Fuehrer Hermann Goering."
    The platinum watch given to Eva Braun by Adolf Hitler just months before start of Second World War | Mail Online
     
  2. Volga Boatman

    Volga Boatman Dishonorably Discharged

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    Are there any pictures of Eva wearing this watch? she liked the high life from the perspective of clothes and jewelery, as most women do. There must be photos of her using it somewhere!
     
  3. dude_really

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    "The rug in the German Chancellor’s office was discovered by Der Spiegel journalists writing about Nazi booty that is still scattered about government guest houses, offices and in museums.
    Mrs Merkel was said to be furious at the embarrassing revelation, coming as it does months before her third bid for power in the general election and with the opposition snapping at her heels.
    The rug was said to be one of more than 600 objects that the government still uses from the vast mountain of looted artworks that Goering and others amassed for themselves during the war."


    The Rug really tied the room together
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezQLP1dj_t8
     
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  4. KJ Jr

    KJ Jr Well-Known Member

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    Love that movie.
     

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