An 18-carat gold bookmark belonging to Adolf Hitler has been recovered in Bellevue, Washington.
The bookmark was stolen from a Spanish auction house in 2002 and hadn’t been seen since.
The bookmark was given to Hitler in 1943 by his long-time lover Eva Braun. It was purportedly given to him as a consolation for his army’s defeat in the battle of Stalingrad.
The bookmark is inscribed in part “My Adolf, don’t worry…(the defeat)… was only an inconvenience that will not break your certainty of victory.”
37-year-old Christian Popescu was arrested outside a Starbucks with the bookmark by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. He had set up “a clandestine meeting” to try and sell the bookmark. His asking price: $100,000.
Seattle’s King 5 News has the story