- Adolf Hitler’s watch was auctioned off in the United States for $1.1 million (£900,000).The Huber clock, which was sold to an unidentified bidder, has a swastika and the letters AH inscribed on it.
- According to the watch’s sales brochure, it was likely presented to the fascist leader as a birthday gift in 1933, the year he became Chancellor of Germany.
Adolf Hitler watch sold at auction for $1.1 million (£900,000).
Someone purchased a Huber clock with a swastika and AH on it.
Jewish leaders opposed the Maryland sale before it occurred.
The auction house, which has auctioned Nazi artefacts, told German media it wants to preserve history.
1933-1945: Adolf Hitler ruled Nazi Germany. During that period, 11 million people, including 6 million Jews, were murdered.
According to the watch’s sales brochure, Hitler received it as a birthday gift in 1933, when he became Chancellor of Germany.
The auction company claims one of the 30 French troops who invaded Hitler’s alpine hideout, the Berghof, in May 1945 took the watch as a keepsake.
The clock may be centuries old.
Eva Braun’s dress, Nazi-signed photographs, and a “Jude”-printed yellow Star of David were also significant. During the Holocaust, Nazis forced Jews to wear yellow armbands. They felt awkward and stood out.
34 Jewish leaders called the transaction “repulsive” and sought the artefacts’ withdrawal.
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