Lebanese businessman to give Hitler hat to Israeli foundation
A Lebanese businessman
has decided to donate Adolf Hitler’s top hat and other objects linked to the Nazi leader to an Israeli foundation in order to keep the items out of the hands of neo-fascists.
Abdallah Chatila,
who has made a fortune from diamonds and real estate in Geneva, told the Matin Dimanche weekly that he had wished to buy this objects so that they could not be used for the purpose of neo-Nazi propaganda.
My stance is totally apolitical and neutral, he added
A collapsible top hat,
believed to have belonged to Nazi leader Hitler sold for 50,000 euros ($55,300) at a controversial Munich-based auction on Wednesday.
JIJI PRESS