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Mercedes Adolf Hitler, the ultimate war trophy for a Russian collector.
Mercedes Adolf Hitler, the ultimate war trophy for a Russian collector.
Friday, November 27, 2009 19 00 GMT First published Friday, November 27, 2009 19 00 GMT.
Showing off its superb collection of classic automobiles, Dmitry Lomakov explains why Russians love Nazi cars They are symbols of the victory of Russia, he said to the Russians the Second World War isn t an historic event for us, it is happened yesterday.
Lomakov is the museum's director of Moscow-retro car whose collection in freezing cold hanger includes three rare opportunity to purchase a vehicle Nazi Nazi car is like sticking a finger to Hitler, he says.
To the left of the entrance is Joseph Goebbels Mercedes Benz 540K, bought by the father of Lomakov in 1972 after spotting rusting in a garden in communist Latvia Then it is jaw-droppingly stylish Hermann Goering Horch-853 limousine Next to that is Martin Boorman relatively modest Mercedes-Benz 320, used by his cook to transport sacks of potatoes earlier this week an anonymous Russian collector snapped up the ultimate trophy a midnight blue Mercedes Benz 770K belonging to Hitler.
The number of the license plate of the armored vehicle five tons 1A 148 461 was part of the official fleet of Hitler, and used by the Führer to criss-cross Europe during the Second World War, Hitler was photographed standing, it is surrounded by adoring Sieg Heiling crowds.
Michael Fröhlich, a Düsseldorf car dealer, brokered the deal mystery Russian purchased five vehicles of similar class, four of which belonged to third reich leaders including Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop Nazi.
Fröhlich, who declined to reveal the price, said he had made sure to thoroughly check the courts before going ahead, realizing how buying and sensitive and often illegal sale of souvenirs Nazis is They assured me that I could not be prosecuted as long as there are no Nazi symbols in the car, but the swastikas were removed long ago, he said.
Lomakov said He said he knew the identity of the mystery Russian but does not say that he may have bought Hitler's car out of patriotism or as an investment.
According Lomakov, the Germans are still hampered by their country disgusted dark past But the Russians, happily mug for photos next to Hitler relics of the era, posing with them like Roman victors.
We didn clashes on swastikas For us the war is close We grew up with it everyone has relatives who fought the Germans.
The Red Army returned from World War II with an extraordinary amount of loot tables, tapestries, furniture, plates and other memorabilia looted during the summer and fall of 1945 thousands of German cars and motorcycles were shipped back a broken war Soviet Union.
Soldiers also brought back the jaw of Hitler Much of this third reich memorabilia is on display in the Museum of the Armed Forces in Moscow, where you can take a look at the jacket of Hitler and swastika armband spy agency of FSB Russia recently exposed hat Hitler, dusted his secret archives.
The Russian soldiers have stumbled on the engine of Goebbels in his property near Berlin He ended the Soviet Union in 1947 the father of Lomakov, Sasha, bought the widow of the first secretary of the Soviet Communist Party Latvia was in a car terrible state, Lomakov recalls.
Foreign cars were a rarity in the Soviet Union, it was only after the fall of communism that Boris Yeltsin allowed foreign Marqués In recent years, the number of classic car collectors has increased in Russia swelled by the new Russians rich ready to squirt million German classical engineering.
The Lomakov family collects classic cars for over 40 years, and has amassed more than 120 cars and motorcycles Their vehicles have appeared in many films.
The museum also has classic Soviet limousines and motorcycles US Gas Hitler had several Mercedes cars 700 series would be honored to have as a trophy I could even put it in a separate garage, thought does Lomakov.
Frohlich, who sold cars belonging to other people such as Charlie Chaplin and Greta Garbo, traced the provenance of Hitler's car back to Austria, where he was sold after the Second World War for 2000 Reichsmarks He later finished in the basement of the Imperial Palace in Las Vegas and in the collection of a billionaire Munich brewery his widow sold with several other Nazi car to a collector in Bielefeld, who kept them in his garage.
Frohlich said it should not be assumed that his buyer for the car Hitler was a Nazi whole world knows that these cars are not going to get any cheaper, they are the best investment you can do right now but it puts guard against a possible curse Almost everyone who had bought the Mercedes died shortly afterwards, including Hitler.
This article was amended November 27, 2009 to correct the license plate number for Mercedes Hitler.
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