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Lot 549
WWII – Hitler a heavy duty tile measuring approx 22x11ins fashioned out of plum coloured marble with the number ‘110’ in blue crayon to verso. This is considered the only tile from Hitler’s private office in the Berlin Chancellery – a photograph of which appears on the celebrated book by Speer showing the Chancellery shortly after it was built. A copy of this book accompanies the lot. The fate of Hitler’s office mirrors that of the celebrated ‘Amber Room’ in St Petersburg. After the downfall of the Nazi regime in May 1945 the occupying Russian forces tore the Chancellery apart looting as much as they could carry away. The building was subsequently demolished and the remaining tiles were taken away and used in an underground railway station across the road from where the Chancellery stood in what became East Berlin. These tiles remain today. Other tiles were used in the Berlin University where they also remain. This particular example was apparently looted by a Russian soldier and his son sold it to a Berlin antiques dealer many years ago. It remained in his possession until it subsequently passed to the present vendor. This artefact therefore is considered to be one of the very few items from Hitler’s personal office which are obtainable on the market. The deep plum colour of the marble used to line the walls of Hitler’s office was remarkable in itself – as can be seen from the images in Speer’s book. The office itself – as indeed the whole of the Chancellery building – was intended to be intimidating. Hitler’s desk embellished in gold was placed in a far corner under a huge golden effigy showing a typical Nazi icon of a German worker. A tapestry was also on the rear wall behind Hitler’s desk. Anyone entering that room must have been awestruck by the symbolism of power which Hitler wished to convey – and which lay in ruins when his ‘1000 year Reich’ came to such a catastrophic end and with the deaths of so many millions of people after just 12 short years.
Lot 1336
An Eastern ebony writing Box/Desk tidy, the central box with carved elephant flanked by two fret cut removable stands to form letter rack, two urn lidded compartments, four elephant lidded compartments to the corners, two pencil/pen cases, lower single drawer, punch decorated and with shaped plinth base. 13`` wide x 5 1/2``H
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