‘Hitler paintings’ fail to sell at auction in Germany (BBC)

Five pictures said to have been painted by Nazi leader Adolf Hitler have failed to sell at auction in Germany.

Weidler auction house had set a starting price for the watercolours of €45,000 (£40,000; $51,000).

The auction was held in Nuremburg, the German city once notorious for Hitler’s mass rallies where leading Nazis were later tried for war crimes.

Accusations of forgery marred the auction and city mayor Ulrich Maly described it as being in “bad taste”. Read more

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