Hitler’s Mercedes-Benz Offers Historical Perspective
At first thought, you may think purchasing a Mercedes-Benz owned by Adolf Hitler is evil. But to Dmitry Lomakov, these cars are a rare yet prudent symbol of Russia’s dominance during the World War II era.
“They are symbols of Russia’s victory,” explains Lomakov. “For Russians,” he says, “the second world war isn’t a historical event. For us it happened yesterday.” Lomakov directs the Moscow museum which houses and displays three rare vehicles that were once owned by Hitler’s Nazi regime. The facility has the Mercedes-Benz 540K which was once owned by Joseph Goebbels, the Horch-853 limousine that Hermann Goering owned and Martin Boorman’s MB 320.
But an avid collector recently purchased the most notable Mercedes-Benz used during Hitler’s tirade – the MB 770K, which was once owned by the tyrannical dictator himself. It was part of the dictator’s official fleet of vehicles and he has even been photographed standing in the luxury vehicle while crowds saluted him.
The price that the anonymous Russian collector paid for the memorabilia was not released, but Lomakov knows who bought it and he probably knows the price the man paid for it. “He may have bought Hitler’s car out of patriotism. Or as an investment,” he explained.
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