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July 28, 2020 -
Droog Magazine periodical for investigative
journalism The strange business of selling fakes, forgeries and other concoctions attributed to Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) and other Nazi criminals. Introduction Even
though the Hitler diaries scandal had made it quite
clear that there were many fake Hitlers on the market,
the trade in the "authentic" Hitler watercolors and
other objects attributed to Hitler continued. 11-04-2002 - "Hitlers" offered by David Irving David Irving
offers four "Hitlers", stating: "Thirty years ago a British collector obtained four paintings executed by the young Adolf Hitler from two different sources, and these are now offered for sale. Hitler gave two of the paintings to Helen Schwaiger, the waitress at the Munich restaurant at which he regularly ate during his first Munich period, 1913-1914, in payment of his tab; she "earned" altogether 21 paintings by Hitler in this way. [See expert report by Prof. Ernst Wilkinghoff: Facsimile in German translation There is also an expertise from Kunsthistoriker Dr K Exner]. One
was purchased from a British auction house. Their
authenticity is
vouched for, and the paintings are accompanied by
the usual documents
describing their provenance.” "Am
Marienplatz, München". "Size 10 x 14 cm." "Franziskanerplatz
Wien, 1912." 23 x 17 cm. "Sold 18.04.02 at
asking price, £10,000). Allegedly
originating from Margarete Mayerat". The
copyright notation is a farce, as it is
unknown who made this work. "Marienplatz
München"", "Initialled "A.H. 1913". "Sold
28.1.03 at £3,000". "Size 11 x 16 cm." Source:
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