Adolf Hitler’s personal travelling telephone is up for sale at a Maryland auction house this weekend, along with hundreds of photos, posters, documents and other Nazi-era memorabilia from world war II. The phone is considered a “weapon of mass destruction” by Bill Panagopulos of Alexander Historical Auctions in Chesapeake City. It was used extensively by Hitler during world war II to conduct the business of genocide and war. Some believe that Hitler’s red phone, responsible for directing the destruction of a continent and the deaths of tens of millions of people belongs in a museum. Brigadier Sir Ralph Rayner, the first British officer to enter Hitler’s bunker, was gifted the phone as a souvenir by the Russian Red Army, who had earlier captured Hitler’s last command post. His son is now selling the red phone. It is estimated to fetch over the $300,000 asking price at auction. Patch.com reports: The artifacts include documents signed by the fascist leader before he committed suicide on April 30, 1945, in a Berlin underground bunker as Russian troops advanced. Also for sale are medals, an Italian language copy of Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” manifesto and papers with the signature of Heinrich Himmler, Hitler’s right-hand man [...]
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