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Hitler's watercolour painting fetches 130,000 Euros at auction

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Adolf Hitler's 1941 watercolour painting has fetched 130,000 euros at an auction in Nuremberg, Germany, it has been revealed.

The painting, entitled 'Standesamt und Altes Rathaus Muenchen' (Civil Registry Office and Old Town Hall of Munich) was bought by a private person from the Middle East, Stuff.co.nz reported.

The painting is one of about 2000 works that Hitler painted between about 1905 and 1920 when he was a struggling young artist.

Kathrin Weidler, head of the auction house asserted that the vendors had decided to donate around 10 per cent of the proceeds to a charity that helps disabled children.

Five other Hitler paintings have fetched between 5000 and 80,000 euros at auction.

 

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First Published: Nov 23 2014 | 12:10 PM IST

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