{"id":256589,"date":"2021-05-18T13:34:07","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T13:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/luxurylaunches.com\/?p=256589"},"modified":"2021-05-18T13:34:07","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T13:34:07","slug":"the-eccentric-nazi-sale-adolf-hitlers-toilet-keys-taken-from-his-desk-by-a-british-airman-are-going-under-the-hammer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/luxurylaunches.com\/auctions\/the-eccentric-nazi-sale-adolf-hitlers-toilet-keys-taken-from-his-desk-by-a-british-airman-are-going-under-the-hammer.php","title":{"rendered":"The eccentric Nazi sale: Adolf Hitler’s toilet keys taken from his desk by a British Airman are going under the hammer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nOf all things, Adolf Hitler’s<\/a> toilet<\/a> keys are all set to go on sale! Said to be recovered from the Nazi leader’s personal toilet in the Reich Chancellery, the keys bear a metal tag with the Nazi eagle and swastika and is stamped ‘Reichskanzlei’ (Reich Chancellery).
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\nFound in Hitler’s drawer in his desk by a British airman after Berlin was liberated in 1945, the collectible is one of its only kind to be saved since the end of World War Two. It was bought by a private collector (The late Reg Palmer, who owned a small museum near Charing Cross in London in the 1980s and ’90s) ten years ago.<\/p>\n
\nCommenting on it, Matthew Tredwen of C&T Auctions (in Ashford, Kent) in a statement, said: ‘[It] is engraved ‘Herren’ which means ‘men’ so it seems likely it was for a male-only area. Hitler would have had his own private toilet and changing facilities, so it’s possible this was for that purpose.’<\/p>\n
\nIn a letter accompanying the key, the seller states, ‘Reichskanzlei Toilet keys metal tab taken by me from a drawer of Adolf Hitler’s own desk. A.a. Williams Flight-Lieut R.A.F July 1945.’ It is expected to sell anywhere upwards of $425 on May 26. Would you fancy buying it?<\/p>\n