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Leave it to the democrats in Maryland to traffic in evil socialist memorabilia.
Now, if they would just object to Brandon, I might care.
They should’ve known this would cause a furor.
From another source:
On May 4, 1945, a French unit, the Régiment de Marche du Tchad, stormed Adolf Hitler’s Bavarian mountain hideout, the Berghof, just ahead of American troops. They found the home abandoned, but many personal belongings remained inside — including a wristwatch.
Sergeant Robert Mignot was with the Régiment that day. As French soldiers began looting the property for symbolic war prizes, Mignot came across a personalized gold watch bearing the initials “AH.”
The watch had belonged to none other than Adolf Hitler himself.
After Mignot found the watch, he took it back with him to France and later sold it to his cousin. The watch has remained in the possession of the Mignot family ever since.
Now, Hitler’s gold watch is featured at the Historical Militaria and Autographs Auction put on by Alexander Historical Auctions in Maryland, with an estimated price of two to four million dollars.
Due to his abhorrent misdeeds before and during World War II, Adolf Hitler is one of history’s most infamous figures. For better or worse, this makes anything linked to Hitler exceedingly valuable to collectors of historical artifacts.
However, this is the first time one of Hitler’s watches has ever gone up for auction.
...: is an indictment to our society, one in which the memory, suffering and pain of others is overridden for financial gain.”
...not sure I agree. Seller and buyer were motivated and made a choice. Nobody has an obligation to donate to museums or destroy items because of any “pain” it may bring. I live where statues of Robert E Lee, Stonewall Jackson etc. were graffitied and torn down. That’s much more historically significant than Hitler’s watch. Buying a lamp shade made out of human skin from Dr Mengele at auction is abhorrent. But a watch?
You know, it’s okay if people own things once owned by bad persons. If a fool and his money are soon parted it was at least the fool’s money.
Jewish leaders? Who died and made them the Sanhedrin?
They don’t speak for me or anyone but themselves.
Are they sure the watch didn’t belong to Mr. Hilter?
At the end the watch told Hitler “Times Up!”
While I sympathize with the Jewish folks for their feelings I would rather see these items occasionally showing up on the market to remind people that Hitler was real rather than see these things destroyed.
To me it would amount to the destruction of evidence.
Terrible vibes go with that watch.
Did Trump or DeSantis buy it?
I read “Hunter’s watch.” Which only mildly surprised me.
I had a couple Nazi things I found at a garage sale. Ebay won’t let you sell them. Had to go to a dealer.
That sh¡t belongs in a museum.
Maybe Margaret Sanger’s watch will also come up for sale.
To say this was Hitler’s watch might be a stretch. If there was any photo of him wearing it I’m sure the auction house would have included it but likely there isn’t any. It was a gift to him by some admirer at the time. This falls into a category of gifts famous people get but probably never use personally. World leaders and other celebs get tons of such stuff. We know that Hitler wasn’t wearing it daily near the end since this was found at his summer house in Bavaria and Hitlers last days were in the Bunker in Berlin.
The watchmaker also had the initials A.H. (So did Alexander Hamilton). But the swastika and the significant dates show that it was Hitler’s watch. Of course the French soldier didn’t have any legal right to take it—he was just looting the house.