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 The Hitler Forgery Industry

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1974


The strange business of selling fakes, forgeries and other concoctions attributed to Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) and other Nazi criminals, inclusive the trade in some authentic material.

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'Hitler' in Rosemheim (Germany) (September 1974)


 Exchange rates / value of money 1974



'Hitler' in  Rosenheim (Germany)

LITTLE INTEREST IN AUCTION NAZI-SOUVENIRS

ROSENHEIM [Germany] - The organizers of an auction of Nazi souvenirs are not entirely satisfied with what happened in Rosenheim last weekend.

The pennant of Hermann Goering's car was sold for 20,000 marks, but in Adolf Hitler's dark blue nobody was interested.

"We are not very satisfied with the auction, interest in Nazi souvenirs seems to be declining." said a spokesman of the organizers of the auction. Several hundred objects from the Nazi era remained unsold.

Goering’s car pennant was bought by an unknown American businessman. The auction included bidders from the USA, France, England, Belgium and Italy.

Besides Hitler's blue suit, things like a painting of the Fuehrer that should have fetched 2000 marks and his gold pen, for which 6000 marks were asked, remained unsold.


Unfortunately no further details of this 'Hitler' painting are known, In another Dutch newspaper the town of Törwang, near Rosenheim, was mentioned as location of the auction..


Sources:

Weinig belangstelling voor veiling nazi-souvenirs. Tubantia, Enschede, 30-09-1974.
https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=KBPERS01:003418025:mpeg21:a00002

Tanend 1. Algemeen Dagblad, Rotterdam, 02-10-1974.
https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=KBPERS01:002904002:mpeg21:a00096



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Exchange rates / value of money 1974

1 D-mark = 1,03 NL guilder
1 NL guilder = 0,97 D-mark
1 US dollar = 2,92 NL guilder
1 NL guilder = 0,34 US dollar
1 UK pound = 6,58 NL guilder
1 NL guilder = 0,15 UK pound
1 B-franc =  0,07 NL guilder
1 NL guilder = 14,28 B-franc
1 F-franc = 0,59 NL guilder
1 NL guilder = 1,69 F franc
1 Swiss franc = 0,86 NL guilder
1 NL guilder = 1,16 Swiss franc
1 A schilling = 0,14 NL guilder
1 NL guilder = 7,14 A-schilling
1 DK kron = 0,44 NL guilder
1 NL guilder = 2,27 DK kron 
1 S kron = 0,61 NL guilder
1 NL guilder = 1,63 kron
1 E peseta = 0,05 NL guilder
1 NL guilder = 20 E peseta

Wisselkoersen - Amsterdam. Het Parool, Amsterdam, 08-01-1974.
https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ABCDDD:010837720:mpeg21:a0226

CPI Inflation Calculator – for US dollars.This inflation calculator uses official records published by the U.S. Department of Labor.
https://www.in2013dollars.com/us/inflation/

Convertisseur franc-euro. Pouvoir d'achat de l'euro et du franc. Le convertisseur franc-euro mesure l'érosion monétaire due à l'inflation.
https://www.insee.fr/fr/information/2417794


Value of the Guilder/Euro. International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam.
http://www.iisg.nl/hpw/calculate.php
 
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