Hitler’s bedsheets up for auction
November 25th, 2011 - 12:38 pm ICT by IANSLondon, Nov 25 (IANS) Adolf Hitler’s bedsheets are expected to fetch up to 3,000 pounds when they go up for auction next week.
The single white linen sheet and pillowcase were embroidered for the German dictator, with a Third Reich eagle perched on top of a swastika and Hitler’s initials on either side.
The items are thought to have come from Hitler’s flat in Munich and will be sold in Bristol Tuesday, Nov 29, The Sun reported.
Auctioneers Dreweatts said they have lots of interest in the artefacts. Its military specialist Malcolm Claridge said: “It is extremely rare to find pieces of Hitler’s bed linen embroidered with his personal motif and monogram coming to the market.
“These items were bought in Germany by a private collector some years ago.
“After Hitler and Eva Braun committed suicide in 1945, his housekeeper Anny Winter removed a lot of personal items from his Prinzregentenstrasse apartment to save them from looters.
“Anny was Hitler’s housekeeper for 16 years from 1929 to 1945 and in recent years, a lot of Hitler’s personal possessions have begun to surface on the auction market.
“We have put an estimate of 2,000 to 3,000 pounds on Hitler’s bed linen and we’ve already received a lot of interest.”
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