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Ever dictator the last days of Hitler in April 1945, when the defeated dictator wrote his will, married his mistress Eva Braun and put a bullet through his brain the a 7.65-mm Walther pistol, phony Hitleriana -including the will, the marriage certificate and the pistol-have flooded the worldwide market for Nazi memorabilia. In 1981, for example, an avid collector asked the noted West German historian Werner Maser to authenticate what he claimed was the suicide pistol of Maser last week: "I told him there existed a whole suitcase full of Hitler of guns, all forged with Hitler...
...authenticity for the diaries was questioned by historians and derided by the press, most notably in Britain. The London Standard said that it had acquired "exclusive rights to the diaries of Genghis Khan," while the Daily Mirror gibed, "The secret diaries of Hitler's secret lover, Eva Braun, have been found in a secret compartment of her secret handbag." Joshed the New York Times in a gently doubting editorial: "We would not be a bit surprised to pass a bookstand one day soon and see something entitled Not the Hitler Diaries, perhaps written by Clifford Irving...
According to Trevor-Roper, nearly half the paintings and drawings by Hitler have been destroyed. Among the 400 that were aboard the ill-fated Luftwaffe transport are many sketches of Hitler's mistress, Eva Braun, including some nude drawings. The other finds, Trevor-Roper says, will astonish historians, and standard accounts of Hitler's writing habits, personality and even some public events may have to be revised. They include whole volumes written by Hitler on Jesus Christ, Frederick the Great and himself, as well as a third volume of Mein Kampf. Writes Trevor-Roper: "It is the other...
...Christof Braun La Jolla, Calif...
...able to repair and properly maintain only 10% of its 18,000 miles of highways each year, maintenance costs have risen 42% since 1977. Just to put a 1½-in. layer of new asphalt on 2,000 miles of highway costs $60 million. Minnesota Transportation Commissioner Richard P. Braun contends that at present spending levels, the state will not be able to rebuild its 12,000 miles of trunk highways until the year 2354, at least three centuries too late. One 17-mile stretch of Highway 15 between New Ulm and Winthrop so angered a group of Minnesota motorists...