A two-volume first edition set of Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf personally signed by the Nazi dictator, is set to be auctioned in Los Angeles.
The two-volume set was given by Hitler to one of the earliest members of the Nazi Party.
Each book in the set of hate literature is autographed by the Nazi fuhrer and addressed to Philipp Bouhler, the 12th person to join the Nazi Party.
Hilter’s blueprint for German domination will be auctioned off by the Nate D Sanders auction house in Los Angeles on March 26, with a starting bid of $35,000.
Participants can bid online, CNN reported.
Bouhler was involved in the Beer Hall Putsch of 1923, which was initially a failed attempt by Hitler to overthrow the German government, a decade before he seized power through elections.
Hitler wrote Mein Kampf while doing time in prison after the Putsch. The rambling racist tract is rife with caustic references to Jews. Hitler blamed them for all of Germany’s woes. It also outlines his vision for a Nazi Germany.
The auction house said that Hitler gave the volumes to Bouhler as Christmas presents after getting out of prison.
The books contain handwritten messages from Hitler to Bouhler, “in grateful recognition of your loyal work for our movement” and “as a sign of recognition of your performance of duties.”
Bouhler became a senior Nazi official and oversaw the extermination of 70,000 disabled children and adults.
In addition to the books, the lot includes a propaganda pamphlet that Bouhler wrote in 1938.
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