Written by Tamim Nawabi on Thursday, June 24, 2010
Hitler’s Long Lost Letter To Mercedez Benz
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The infamous German dictatorial, Adolf Hitler’s letter to Meredez Benz was found in a flea market and was duly authenticated by the Bavarian State Archive.
Hitler’s letter was written 86 years ago while he was incarcerated that year in his prison cell at Landsberg Fortress.
He was imprisoned for his role in the “Bierkeller Putsch” when his nascent Nazi party tried, and failed, to seize power in Munich.
While in jail,he wrote Mein Kampf, the blueprint that would ultimately make him rich.Ironically, when he addressed a letter to Jakob Ferlin,owner of the Mercedez Benz Munich dealership,there had been a little money in his coffers.
Hitler, had his heart set on the 11/40 model which at the time cost 18,000 Reichsmarks. He had set designs on one in grey with spoked wheels and white-wall tyres.
“But the hardest thing for me at the moment lies in the fact that the biggest payment for my work is not expected until the middle of December,” he wrote in September 1924 to Ferlin.
“So I am compelled to ask for a loan or an advance. Naturally something in the order of several thousand marks would be a big help.”
The letter also contained concern about the engine of the vehicle; “That is the only thing about the 11/40 that makes me cautious. I can’t afford a vehicle every two or three years or pay for expensive repairs either.”
On December 1924, hitler was freed after five years of incarceration.It was the same month that Hitler told the company dealer about his anticipated advances on Mein Kampf.However, it was not known if Mr. Jakob Ferlin did deal with him or not..
It was a duplicate of Hitler’s letter that was kept in the prison; the original went to Ferlin and had been lost to history.
The said letter is set to be auctioned in Fuerth near Nuremberg in the first week of July and is expected to go for several thousand pounds.
