2023-05-29 13:11:05
Time.news – One silver plated pencil believed to have been given as a gift to Adolf Hitler from mistress Eva Braun on her 52nd birthday in 1941 will come auctioned next month in Belfast and it is estimated that it could reach 80,000 pounds (over 90,000 euros).
The word ‘Eva’ and the initials ‘AH’. The trade in Nazi-related objects often creates controversy, as was the recent auction of jewels that belonged to Austrian billionaire Heidi Horten, whose German husband made his fortune under the Nazis.
Karl Bennett, director of the auction house Bloomfield Auctions who will handle the sale of Hitler’s pencil to Belfast on June 6th, expressed understanding towards such issues. However, he added, “for me, as a high-level collector of military items, they preserve a piece of our past and they should be treated as historical objects, no matter if the history they refer to was one of the darkest and most controversial “.
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