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War veteran had Hitler's art book on bookshelf

China Daily | Updated: 2009-12-11 07:56

DALLAS, Texas: After fighting his way across Europe during World War II, John Pistone was among the US soldiers who entered Adolf Hitler's home nestled in the Bavarian Alps as the war came to a close.

War veteran had Hitler's art book on bookshelf

Making his way through the Berghof, Hitler's home near Berchtesgaden, Germany, Pistone noticed a table with shelves underneath. Exhilarated by the certainty of victory over the Nazis, Pistone took an album filled with photographs of paintings as a souvenir.

Sixty-four years after Pistone brought the album home to Ohio, the 87-year-old has learned its full significance: It's part of a series compiled for Hitler featuring art he wanted for his "Fuehrermuseum", a planned museum in Linz, Austria.

War veteran had Hitler's art book on bookshelf

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