Hitler's Champagne Hits The Auction Block

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed)
Aug 4th 2007 at 4:02PM

Care for a little 70 year old champagne from Adolf Hitler's own stash that may or may not be poisoned? Sign me up!

Not really, I'm kidding.

But in all seriousness going up for auction this month on the 17th is a bottle of 1937 Moet et Chandon that was apparently taken by a soldier from the Reich Chancellery in Berlin in 1945 after the Nazis were defeated. And the poisoned part? There was a rumor going around that some of the champagne bottles had been poisoned via injections through the cork.

I might not be interested, but I can still understand why other people would be -- it is a piece of history. Just make sure you store it so there's no chance you're going to pop it open and drink it accidentally this New Years!

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Bruce Saltzman Sep 19th 2007 2:52PM

The Rich Chanclery was taken by Russan troops; therefore, there is no chance in hell that the bottle came into the posetion of a American GI if it realy did come from the Rich Chanclery. E-Bay should remove it from sale as an obvious fake.