The hammer fell on the Nazi leader's top hat at €50,000, according to the Hermann Historica auction house website, while items of clothing belonging to his partner Eva Braun each sold for thousands. Other lots of clothing and personal belongings from notorious World War II Nazi leaders like Heinrich Himmler and Rudolf Hess also packed the catalogue pages. READ ALSO: Hitler memorabilia auction in Munich sparks protests"The Nazis' crimes are being trivialized here," the German government's anti-Semitism commissioner Felix Klein told the Funke newspaper group. A cocktail dress from Eva Braun, Hitler's long-term companion who was briefly his wife before their death. Many of the items belonging to top Nazi leaders were seized by US soldiers in the final days of World War II.

Source: The Local November 21, 2019 09:00 UTC