"Hitler Is Alive" animated skull menaces a Kewpie doll, Fantastic Museum, Redmond, OR (now closed) .
Hitler is Alive!
Hitler . . . how fast a typist was he? When did he find time to collect stamps?
Little-known aspects of the lifestyle of history's most reviled maniac are revealed in objets d'Adolf, scattered in museums around the US. This wealth of Hitlerabilia started as war trophies from W.W.II Germany, carted back by sentimental GIs.
Hitler's typewriter, from Hitler's mountain retreat, is the star artifact at the Hall of History, in Bessemer, Alabama.
Orders that marched armies to their death -- typed here!
It's the most popular exhibit, even though it's never mentioned in any of the museum's literature. Curator Mable Waites discovered the typewriter in the museum's basement in the mid-eighties and the museum hasn't had any peace since.
Lots of people want to type their names on it, but Mable couldn't find a ribbon that fits. Mable's successor continues the search.
Hitler's Stamp Collection used to be proudly displayed at the Fantastic Museum in Redmond, Oregon (later in Sisters, OR) -- now we don't know where it is. The stamps were found in Hitler's desk after W.W.II. As a fanatical Philatelist, did his need to have stamps from every country boil over into something a bit larger?
Hitler's typewriter, Bessemer, AL
Other items:
- Hitler's Tea Service: Anniston, Alabama
- Hitler's Telephone, Fort Gordon, Georgia
- Hitler's 1935 Rolls Royce: The Thing, Cochise, Arizona
- Hitler's Hat and Coat: Atlanta Museum, Atlanta, Georgia
- Hitler's Desk Keys (Berchtesgaden bomb shelter): Baldpate Inn, Estes Park, Colorado
- Hitler's Horse, St. Rose, Louisiana
- Hitler's Calling Card Bowl & Walking Stick: Don Pratt Memorial Museum, Clarksville, Tennessee
- Hitler's Toilet, Florence, New Jersey
Hitler bust from Gen. Von Runstedt's HQ, San Germain, France. USAF Museum, Dayton, OH
At the National Infantry Museum at Fort Benning, Georgia, there's an upside-down bronze Hitler head -- war booty taken from the verandah of Hitler's Mountain retreat by an infantryman. It was welded to a metal plate and used as a trash can for many years.
The 45th Infantry Division Museum, Oklahoma City, OK, displays a collection of artifacts owned by Adolf Hitler, items grabbed by American soldiers at his Munich apartment and at the Eagle's Nest in Berchtesgaden. The main attraction: Hitler's Berlin bunker mirror, hung so you can stare into it with wild, darting maniac eyes just like he did in his final days.
