Do the canadians still have hitlers car?

Question

If so , why? Why don't the give it back to the U.S?

Either way , who ever has it. Why do they have it? Why not destroy it?

Why give it to the U.S? We were the ones who found out. Not the canadians.

I mean. Found it*

Answer 1

Apparently it's still in Canada:

"Jack Granatstein, director of the Canadian War Museum, has abandoned the idea of selling a black, bulletproof, Mercedes limousine that once belonged to Adolf Hitler.
One week after he argued that displaying the car gave the wrong image and glamourized Nazism, Granatstein decided not to get rid of it. He had guessed the car might bring $20 million at an auction — money he said would help build a new museum.

But a spate of angry calls and e-mails from the public forced him to abandon the idea. He now says selling the car would fly in the face of public opinion.

Granatstein did not say if the infamous limousine is permanently off the auction block, or if it will be removed from its prominent position on the museum's second floor.

The car has been the most popular exhibit at the museum for 30 years. It was built in 1940 by Daimler-Benz AG of Stuttgart, and Hitler owned six other limousines of its kind.

John English, chairman of the board of trustees for the museum says he is glad the public spoke up about the issue. He says the debate shows Canadians do have an interest in the War Museum and its contents."

There's a photo, taken at the Canadian War Museum December 16, 2006, of the car at the 2nd link.

But Hitler had a lot of cars:

"A 1939 Auto Union D-Type, a racing car commissioned by dictator Adolf Hitler is expected to become the most expensive car ever sold at an auction.

Christie's Auction House is set to auction the D-Type, believed to be one of only two in existence, in February in Paris, France. It was created by Ferdinand Porsche after a personal request from Hitler who wanted the car to be one of his propaganda tools to show off the technological superiority of the Third Reich.

The D-Type was one of the fastest cars in its time, with 485 horsepower and a maximum speed of 186mph.

Almost all of the D-Type were destroyed during World War II although the Russian army took this one to Moscow for its technology so that Russian scientists could study it.

It was taken apart and the disassembled parts were discovered in the 1990s. The car was reassembled and is expected to fetch the highest bid among car lovers."

Here's some good info:

"At the end of World War II, a whole slew of Mercedes cars came over from Europe, several of which were billed as Hitler's personal limousine and exhibited on midways. One Hitler car, owned by Christopher Janus, an importer-exporter living in Winnetka, ILL., was first exhibited in 1948. It drew big crowds while on view at the New York Museum of Science and Industry in Radio City. Amusement Corp. of America hired the attraction and it started playing their fairs that summer in Springfield, ILL., under the supervision of veteran back-end presenter Cliff Wilson. For its trip to the Springfield fairgrounds, the car was driven rather than shipped. A Chicago newspaper reporter rode along with it and the publicity created crowds of more than 5,000 daily. Adults paid 50 cents and children, a quarter, to see the former house-painter's car.

Along with the car came a photo showing Hitler in Berlin in 1941 riding in the vehicle. A postcard description reads: "All the glass in the vehicle is an inch and a half thick. On the right side front door is a built-in case that holds a Luger pistol. Behind the rear seat is a leather covered sheet of armor that cranks up manually. The car has a 153-inch wheel base, making it a long car. It is also heavy, weighing 9,500 pounds. It has an eight cylinder overhead valve motor capable of developing 230 horsepower. The transmission consists of five speeds forward and one reverse plus an overdrive that can be used at speeds up to 125 mph. The large gas tank holds 60 gallons."

In April 1949, the car opened its exhibition tour at Little Rock, Ark., on the Hennies Bros. Shows midway, then disappeared from mention in Billboard. The December 29,

1972, Miami Herald reported that a Hitler car described as a 770 K Mercedes was to be auctioned in Scottsdale, Ariz., the following week: "This was a car that Hitler, Mussolini, and Mannerheim had ridden in on state occasions. Mannerheim had later shipped it from Finland to Sweden so the Russians wouldn't capture it. It was seized by the Swedish government and traded to an American firm that made ball bearings."

Janus' Hitler car was not the only one in America. A November 1949 Billboard ad boasted: "Adolph Hitler's Genuine Personal Armored Limousine" and, in parentheses, "Not One That He Just Rode In." The limo was allegedly captured by Free French Forces at Berchtesgaden. Mounted in a semi-trailer, it had attracted 220,000 paid admissions at one exhibition. While the car was on tour in Texas in 1957, the Prospect Association its owner advertised it for sale for the best offer over $3,500. It was on tour at the same time Pennsylvania back-end showman Pete Sevich had a Hitler car on World of Mirth shows.

A January 1955 Billboard reported that Jack W. Burke of Baldwin, N.Y., had hired Carl Hauptmann to be the advance agent for his Hitler Mercedes-Benz car exhibit. Both had been field managers for units of Ripley's Believe It or Not tours. In 1954 the Hitler car had been on tour for a solid year and closed Christmas Eve in Chattanooga, Tenn. Burke continued to show it for several seasons. Sevich billed his exhibit on the 1957 World of Mirth Shows midway as "Hitler's $35,000 Armored Limousine." Sevich was still booking his car as late as 1966. Bill Hall, a carnival showman, collector, and band organ restorer, later bought the semi it was displayed on. It had a 28-foot display area for the car with an eight-foot living area over the fifth wheel. Hall used it to display his model of the World of Mirth Shows on various carnival midways. He says the car proved to be a fraud and was taken off exhi bition and sold for $30,000.

The Canadian War Museum, which has a real Hitler car, reports that only two Mercedes vehicles in North America were actually used by Hitler. Their car first came to the United States where it was used in various bond drives to pay off the war debt. In 1956 it was sold to a Canadian, and 14 years later the museum acquired it after it was shown at the Montreal exhibition Man and His World. The only other authentic Hitler car is at a Las Vegas casino." (see last link)

Answer 2

Yeah, what's this 'give it BACK to the U.S.?' Did Hitler buy it from them but miss a payment? And destroy it to what purpose? We already have enough nutcases in this world denying the Holocaust ever happened - let's not start destroying evidence that the man who started it all even existed.

Answer 3

the car was found as the chauffeur took it over the Austrian border and put it in his garage with his sub machine gun and it stayed there til the mid-fifties when all the south American Nazi stories started up again and one author found the car and was put in farm machinery crates and shipped out of Europe, it is well photographed and documented about smuggling it out but that was the end of the story..treasure belongs to the finders after all we all would like to see it all and we never will unless we leave the treasure hunter his prizes for the ingenuity of interpreting the history books and facts and doing all the home work to get some of this stuff major money has to be played for allot of these relics that are playing with people imaginations

Answer 4

Eva Braun Car

Answer 5

I think it is okay on display, and it would be grand as an amusement park scene. Like the Bonnie and Clyde car with thousands of bullet holes. They should build a amusement park and have Hitler in the car with his comrades and then we should get paint guns and put one between their eyes, and then win prizes, that would bring loads of money. Can you imagine how many people in America and Canada would love to take a shot at that guy and his buddies. Then we could have anti-nazi rides where we play with auto-tanks and physically blow them up, (not really but play type). Then we can put dolls up that look like Musolini, and Hitler, Stalin, Romel, Hess, Gehring, Goerbels,Hussein,etc., then make them the targets and we hit them with the rifles, and if you get them in the head you win a prize the bell rings and hip hip hoorah!

Answer 6

reading is much better the book keeps u thinking and you get greater detail in what people are thinking and you also have more imagination

Answer 7

Reading the e book instead of viewing the movie is the best way to see what the author intended. Reading uses your creativity, hones your reading skills, and can better your vocabulary

Answer 8

Yes I agree with what's been answered

Answer 9

i heard iran hav hitlers car and im serious

Answer 10

Why should they give it to the US?

Why would they destroy it, its one of the most valuable automobiles ever, as it belongd to one of the greatest (abeit evil) leaders of all time.

Answer 11

the question is" why not give it back to the city of munich?"a common American soldier got Hitler's ppk "golden walther" with all of the un expended silver bullets THAT HE HADN'T USED ON HIMSELF AND EVA BRAUN before his attendants burned their remains,married only a little before their demise!!yeah!!silver bullets!!