Hitler’s Bookmark Found
By Wyatt Earp | November 28, 2008
Who knew this scumbag could read?
He certainly couldn’t read the writing on the wall when the Wehrmacht was stopped dead in its tracks at Stalingrad.
I figured Hitler for a dog-eared page kind of guy. Or, barring that, I figured he would use something a little more sinister to keep his place. Something like a dagger, or a naked photo of Goebbels.
What? TMI?
SEATTLE – Authorities have recovered a stolen 18-carat gold bookmark that reportedly was given to Adolf Hitler by his longtime mistress, Eva Braun. Christian Popescu, a Romanian national, was arrested Tuesday outside a Bellevue Starbucks after trying to sell the bookmark to an undercover agent for $100,000, according to papers filed in U.S. District Court.
Federal prosecutors said the bookmark was among several items taken in an auction-house heist in Madrid, Spain, six years ago. At the time, some antiquities experts questioned its authenticity.
The bookmark is engraved with a portrait of Hitler as well as an imperial eagle and swastika, and its inscription indicates that Braun gave it to Hitler to console him after German forces surrendered at Stalingrad.
“My Adolf, don’t worry,” it reads, adding that the loss was “only an inconvenience that will not break your certainty of victory. My love for you will be eternal, as our Reich will be eternal. Always yours, Eva. 3-2-43.” (Link)
Okay, I am probably going to anger a lot of you, but I’ll say it anyway: If it’s authentic, I’d really like to have that. Yes, Hitler was an evil, despicable man that I hope is rotting in Hell, but I am a book lover and a history buff. I especially read a lot about World War II. Sorry, but I am intrigued by this piece. Sue me.
Topics: Literature | 5 Comments »
November 28th, 2008 at 6:53 am
Wouldn’t be worth it… the suit I mean
November 28th, 2008 at 7:51 am
No harm, it is a piece of history left by a madman.
November 28th, 2008 at 10:34 pm
If this Hitlers bookmarker. it is a true piece of history. But it could be like the Hitler diaries a hoax. Only time will tell.
November 29th, 2008 at 3:03 am
I forgot to return my postcard to the history book club a few years ago and got volume 2 of someone’s biography of Hitler.
He was a lot crazier and drug addicted a lot sooner than I had thought, as in 1937 or so.
Oh, and the History Book Club has also taught me it’s a really bad idea to read books about the SS before bed. Particularly the Einsatzgruppen.
November 29th, 2008 at 8:07 am
Old NFO – Heh. Nice.
Admiral – As long as evil isn’t contagious . . .
Rick – Already people are questioning its authenticity. That’s why I wrote “If it’s authentic.”
Leo – It’s also a bad idea to carry those books into a bris. Just sayin’.