CHESAPEAKE CITY, Md.
A Maryland auction house says it is selling a copy of “Mein Kampf ” that once belonged to Adolf Hitler and was taken from his Munich apartment at the end of World War II.
News outlets report that Chesapeake City-based Alexander Historical Auctions LLC will offer Hitler’s Nazi manifesto during its March 17 and 18 auction of more than 1,000 other WWII historical items.
The red leather-bound book bears an inscription signed by 11 officers from an American field artillery unit. It was kept by a soldier’s daughter until a few years ago.
“From Adolph Hitlers (sic) apartment in Munich on May 2 1945,” the inscription reads.
The book has an estimated value of between $12,000 and $15,000.
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