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27/01/2010 GMT

Hitler's Book

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The story of a young American soldier and the book he found in Hitler's house.

Why a young GI carried a book of pictures all the way from Hitler's mountain retreat back to the United States.

When US troops made it to Hitler's mountain retreat in Berchtesgaden at the end of World War Two, many of them looked for souvenirs to take home with them. One soldier found a large book, full of pictures which he carried around for the rest of the war. He's only just found out what it is.

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