Thursday, December 24, 2009

World War II Veteran had Hitler’s Art Book on Bookshelf

December 10, 2009 by All Art  
Filed under Antiques and Collectibles, Featured

DALLAS, TX (AP).- After fighting his way across Europe during World War II, John Pistone was among the U.S. soldiers who entered Adolf Hitler’s home nestled in the Bavarian Alps as the war came to a close.
Making his way through the Berghof, Hitler’s home near Berchtesgaden, Germany, Pistone noticed a table with shelves underneath. Exhilarated by the certainty of victory over the Nazis, Pistone took an album filled with photographs of paintings as a souvenir.
“It was really a great feeling [...]