Unknown Hitler paintings head for sale room

[emad]

Unknown Hitler paintings head for sale room
By Andrew Alderson, Chief Reporter
(Filed: 29/01/2006)

The watercolours of gentle landscapes suggest an innocent, even naive, young artist.

But the church on the edge of town, even the hastily-built barracks, give little sense of the war raging around them, or the future awaiting their creator.

They are, however, part of a collection of paintings and sketches produced between 1916 and 1918, apparently by the young Adolf Hitler, then serving as a corporal in the First World War.

The collection came to light after being kept in a suitcase in a Belgian attic for nearly 70 years, close to where Hitler served near the border with France.

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[benburch]

1. I'd buy them only if I could then burn them. nt

[marylanddem]

2. My late father helped liberate the concentration camps.

One of the pieces of "memorabilia" he brought home from WWII was a bronze plaque with Hitler's face on it. When you'd open the case that holds it, there was an odor to that thing and still is that is unlike anything I've ever smelled. I think it needs to be pitched.

[benburch]

3. That is Death you smell. nt

[marylanddem]

4. I think you're right and I think I will pitch it. Even if I "sold"

the fucking thing, it would be evil money coming my way. (Sure am getting superstitious in my old age!)

[Rocknrule]

5. Are they taken from a shrine in Ann Coulter's garage?