Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Hitler's Mercedes: We've got one too

I'm also interested in cars. From the Canadian War Museum, 2007:
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July 192 p.m. to 3 p.m. (bilingual)
Spotlight on Hitler’s Car
The Mercedes Benz, which Hitler used as a parade car, recalls one of history’s most brutal and murderous dictatorships. Dr. Jeff Noakes explains the car’s past and what it means to the story of the Second World War.
Gallery 3 – Entrance...
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Another vehicle (via Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs) :
Adolf Hitler's Mercedes bought by Russian for £5m
Adolf Hitler's Mercedes has been bought by a Russian oligarch for an estimated five million pounds.

Adolf Hitler standing in a convertible Mercedes: Adolf Hitler's Mercedes bought by Russian for £5m

Adolf Hitler standing in a convertible Mercedes reviews SA and SS troops in 1937 Photo: AFP/GETTY

The car was once part of a fleet used by the Nazi leader in his travels across Europe during the Second World War.

The midnight blue 770 K model car (the CWM's is also a 770) was locked away in a collector's garage in Bielefeld along with seven other vehicles used by Nazi leaders...

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