Nakatakdang isubasta ngayon ang toilet seat na ginamit ng diktador na si Adolf Hitler sa pananatili nito sa Bavaria, Germany.
Ayon sa Alexander Historical Auctions na siyang nagbebenta ng item, inaasahang papalo ng £15,000 (katumbas ng $20,500 o P984,000) ang nasabing relic na mula pa noong World War II.
“Offered here is an item guaranteed to be one of the most eye-catching items one could ever add to a collection of World War II relics — the two-piece wooden toilet seat with lid removed by an enterprising G.I. from Adolf Hitler’s bathroom at his retreat, the Berghof in Berchtesgaden, Bavaria,” saad ng auction house.
Kalakip ng toilet seat ang newspaper clipping na anti-Hitler at dalawang snapshots ng American M.P. na si Ragnvald C. Borch, ang sundalong nag-uwi ng naturang memorabilia.
“[Borch] made his way to Hitler’s bedroom, taking a World War I armored vest on display and two oil paintings. He saw the toilet seat and removed it, being asked by another M.P. holding a chandelier: ‘What are you doing with that toilet seat?’ The young M.P. smartly replied: ‘Where do you think Hitler put his ass?” saad sa description.
Makaraang iuwi sa kanilang bahay, itinago ito ni Borch sa basement ng kanilang family home.
Also included is another original photograph of Borch and the same officer sometime later outside Martin Bormann’s bombed home, a copy of Borch’s service record, and a 2001 New Jersey news article on the history of this incredible relic. This is a one-of-a-kind piece!” anang subastahan.
“While a toilet removed from Hitler’s yacht, the Aviso Grille, gained great notoriety after it turned up in a New Jersey gas station a few years ago, it was one of perhaps ten or twenty on that vessel. This example was from Hitler’s personal bathroom, from as close to a ‘throne’ as the dictator would ever get. One can scarcely imagine the plotting the tyrant undertook while contemplating the world from atop this perch!”
