An assessment by the auction house reads that the watch was taken as a souvenir when some 30 French soldiers stormed the Berghof, Hitler's mountain retreat in May, 1945.
It is then thought the timepiece was resold and passed down through several generations until now.
Other articles in the auction included a dress that belonged to Hitler's wife, Eva Braun, autographed pictures of Nazi officials and a yellow cloth Star of David imprinted with the word "Jude", which is German for Jew. During the holocaust, the Nazis forced Jewish people to wear the yellow identifiers as armbands or badges, with the intention to isolate and harass them.
oh shit, that's pretty fucking nice... hype watch companies should do a better backside stamp. they fucking suck at it. boring ass laser sketches.
Gabriel Morris
jews mad thay anyone else dares to profit from their grift
Jack Foster
>Jewish leaders condemned it Because they couldn't profit off of it. They've been screeching and kvetching about the holocaust since WW2 ended and because this doesn't fit their narrative aka "couldn't come up with a story of why it's bad, it just is" in time, it's "just bad"
You'd think they'd want attention drawn to the hall of cost for them, they could have spun more narrative The play book is getting old and stale. 110 when
Hunter Ward
Yeah it is nice, im curious what those numbers are
Jace Morris
Huber was EST in 1900 so that doesn't really line up with anything.
it would seem weird to put production dates on it like it's a carton of milk but...
usually engravings are personalized so i guess you look into shit involving Eva Braun or special events in Adolf's life i guess.
Logan Anderson
oh shit, obviously, 4/20/1989 is hitler's birth
Carter Gutierrez
1898*
Liam Brown
Well its says given to him in 33, but what is the 89 date?
William Morales
Ahh
Mason Miller
hitler appointed Chancellor on 1-30-1933
Gavin Perez
20.4.1889 - Hitler's birth 30.1.1933 - Hitler appointed chancellor 5.3.1933 - NatSoc party wins Reichstag election
Blake Robinson
Reichstag Fire 2-28-1933 so i'm assuming he was declared Fuhrer in March of that year.
these dates are corny as fuck. seems fake.
Gavin Thomas
Oh neat.
Michael Gonzalez
Correct i just looked it up. Makes sense why its a $1mil watch
Aiden Fisher
Only 1.1 mil though? His sweat is in that watch.
Ian Thomas
>Jewish leaders condemn the auction ahead of the sale >nobody on pol even knew this watch existed
The game is so over it's not even funny. They are 20 steps ahead