Posted on 06/04/2015 9:03:28 AM PDT by nickcarraway
As the German army was in retreat at the end of 1944 and the country starved, Hitler stashed away his precious liquor, where it lay hidden for 76 years - until now.
When restauranteur Silvio Stelzer bought a villa on the grounds of the splendid Wasserschloss Moritzburg estate in Saxony, the old seat of the royal family of Saxony, he knew he was moving into a place rich with history.
What he probably didn’t expect was to find quite such a wealth of historical treasure when renovating his grounds.
But Bild reported on Thursday that the well-known chef, who has opened a restaurant in the villa, found Hitler’s champagne and cognac collection in an underground chamber in the extensive gardens.
It's a surprising find for one of history's most famous diet obsessives - the Nazi dictator was a vegetarian, teetotal and a non-smoker.
A ledger found in the house shows how Hitler struck a deal with Prince Ernst Heinrich von Sachsen, who owned the palace at the time.
“At the end of 1944 Hitler had his wine cellar and delicatessens delivered into this underground labyrinth because the airstrikes had made Berlin unsafe,” Stelzer told Bild.
Soldiers delivered the dictator’s treasure, packed in hundreds of boxes on several trucks. Inside were salami, cheese, chocolate, cigarettes and other rare goodies.
“The prince received a special package full of delicacies from the Führer in return.
"None of the food is left. After May 8th 1945 the Russian troops plundered everything,” said Stelzer.
The chef added that he still doesn’t know what he will do with the discovered treasure.
Stelzer was unavailable for comment when The Local reached out to him.
News of the find adds to a spate of Hitler-related artifacts turning up in recent weeks, including bronze horses that once stood outside the Reich Chancellery found on the German black market and underwear alleged to have belonged to Hitler's mistress Eva Braun.
Well, almost everything.
He should have been watching where he was going.
I believe I would auction most of it off.
Hitler did not drink alcohol, or so I understood.
I thought Adolf was a teetotaler.
That’s what I thought too.
I would give it to a local Jewish group to drink after which they would piss all over Hitler’s mother’s grave.
Hitler was effectively a multi-billionare by today’s standards when you include all the art work he looted, book sales from Mein Kampf, which was required reading in Nazi Germany, not to mention all the gold and precious looted from the Jews and occupied countries.
And a sitzpinkler.
Perfect.
With a lot of publicity.
doesn’t know what to do with it is he that dumb.
What would a non-smoking, non-drinking vegetarian want with booze and cigs and salami? And the booze is the first thing the Red Army would have grabbed. I doubt this story.
I wonder what his family makes off sales of Mein Kampf? I still see it in just about every book store I go to.
I know he had a niece who was his heir. But that was back in the 60’s.
Can you imagine getting that check every quarter?
The rights to the Mein Kampf are owned by Israel I believe.
or something similar.
Answered my own question:
http://mentalfloss.com/article/58783/who-gets-royalties-mein-kampf
The copyright expires next January 1st. I guess those copies on the shelves will be in the remainder bin.
Nazis/Socialists/Fascists are very likely to do in private what they loudly decry in public.
Actually I saw a program on TV about Hitler’s relatives. He actually had a large number of nieces and nephews some of whom lived in the U.S. Most notable was Patrick Hitler.
I can’t imagine any army leaving alcohol untouched. Even the 101st Band of Brothers had quite a party at Hitler’s Eagles’ Nest mountain getaway.
Hitler was effectively a multi-billionare by today’s standards when you include all the art work he looted, book sales from Mein Kampf, which was required reading in Nazi Germany, not to mention all the gold and precious looted from the Jews and occupied countries.
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The Clintons would be envious.
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