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Globe Owned by Hitler to Be Auctioned

Relic from Eagles Nest shows inked-in path from Europe to US

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 21, 2007 2:49 PM CDT

(Newser) – A globe belonging to Adolf Hitler and marked with possible remnants of strategic planning is going up for auction, the Independent reports. A US officer found it in Hitler's Bavarian retreat, known as Eagle's Nest. Although there had already been extensive looting, the soldier saw it sitting on a desk and shipped it home to California. It's been in his basement ever since.

The globe is marked by a few lines in red, blue, and green ink, some of which mark a path from Europe across the Atlantic Ocean, giving rise to speculation that the globe was used to plot a possible invasion of the US. It is being offered next month by Greg Martin Auctions of San Francisco with an estimate of $15,000-$20,000.

John Barsamian, 91, of Oakland, Calif., looks over the top of a shipping crate he used to send home a globe at left, that was once Adolf Hitler's, at the Greg Martin auction house in San Francisco, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2007. It was May of 1945 when Barsamian, a young...
John Barsamian, 91, of Oakland, Calif., looks over the top of a shipping crate he used to send home a globe at left, that was once Adolf Hitler's, at the Greg Martin auction house in San Francisco, Thursday,...   (Associated Press)
Shown is a closeup of damage by shrapnel to a globe that was once Adolf Hitler's, at the Greg Martin auction house in San Francisco, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2007. It was May of 1945 when Barsamian, a young U.S. Army officer, his driver and a medic ambled up to...
Shown is a closeup of damage by shrapnel to a globe that was once Adolf Hitler's, at the Greg Martin auction house in San Francisco, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2007. It was May of 1945 when Barsamian, a young...   (Associated Press)
A photograph in John Barsamian's World War II photo album shows him standing inside Adolf Hitler's residence at Berchtesgaden where he found Hitler's globe as a young U.S. Army officer. Barsamian, his driver and a medic ambled up to Hitler's mountain home of Berghof, just days after the German...
A photograph in John Barsamian's World War II photo album shows him standing inside Adolf Hitler's residence at Berchtesgaden where he found Hitler's globe as a young U.S. Army officer. Barsamian, his...   (Associated Press)
In this photo provided by John Barsamian, he is shown standing in front of the ruins of Berchtesgaden in May of 1945 as a young U.S. Army officer. Barsamian, his driver and a medic ambled up to Hitler's mountain home of Berghof, just days after the German surrender to...
In this photo provided by John Barsamian, he is shown standing in front of the ruins of Berchtesgaden in May of 1945 as a young U.S. Army officer. Barsamian, his driver and a medic ambled up to Hitler's...   (Associated Press)
John Barsamian, 91, of Oakland, Calif., looks out the window while standing by a globe that was once Adolf Hitler's, at the Greg Martin auction house in San Francisco, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2007. It was May of 1945 when Barsamian, a young U.S. Army officer, his driver and a...
John Barsamian, 91, of Oakland, Calif., looks out the window while standing by a globe that was once Adolf Hitler's, at the Greg Martin auction house in San Francisco, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2007. It was...   (Associated Press)
John Barsamian, 91, of Oakland, Calif., stands by a globe that was once Adolf Hitler's, at the Greg Martin auction house in San Francisco, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2007. It was May of 1945 when Barsamian, a young U.S. Army officer, his driver and a medic ambled up to Hitler's...
John Barsamian, 91, of Oakland, Calif., stands by a globe that was once Adolf Hitler's, at the Greg Martin auction house in San Francisco, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2007. It was May of 1945 when Barsamian, a...   (Associated Press)
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