Hitler’s Underwear Sells For $6,737...
The infamous leader left his pants in the laundry after staying at an Austrian hotel in 1938
THE 'pristine' underpants of fearsome führer Adolf Hitler have sold for £5,000 at an auction in the US.
The brutal dictator's briefs, which have a 'surprisingly large' 39-inch waist and are initialled 'A.H.', were left behind in a suite at the luxury Parkhotel Graz in Austria after he stayed there in April 1938.
The country had been annexed by Nazi Germany less than a month before Hitler and his henchmen's stay.
Auctioneer Bill Panagopulos said he believed the underwear was sent to the hotel's laundry department and were only returned after Hitler and his entourage had checked out.
The seller was the grandson of the hotel's owners at the time.
Bill, who owns Alexander Historical Auctions in Chesapeake City, Maryland, where the 19-inch long white linen shorts sold for $6,737 (£4,991) to a private buyer, said they were in 'pristine' condition.
He added: "People tend to either buy fearsome Hitler memorabilia, or things that make him look like a buffoon. such as this.
"To minimise a monster, you make people laugh at him. We've sold underwear belonging to Eva Braun, who was Hitler's wife, before, but never any belonging to Hitler himself. I think this is the first pair to come to market.
"They were retained in the family who owned the hotel, which is very prestigious, for almost 80 years, and when we got them they were wrapped in tissue paper in a box. They were as clean as if they had just come back from the cleaners.
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