. . . It was Helene Bechstein, the wife of the famed Berlin piano builder, who arrived for a visit “in a big car with a liveried chauffeur” on May 15 with her husband and daughter in tow. All that is known about that first visit is that the ‘grande dame’ with the private suite in Munich’s Four Seasons Hotel got in a high snit with the prison guards. She was upset that her gift package for Hitler had to be inspected for security in the customary way. Angrily ripping open the package, Frau Bechstein sent Pralines of the finest short” flying all over the room, screaming: “There! See if you can find a machine gun in there!”
Helene Bechstein returned five more times in the next two weeks. Already enamored of Hitler and contributor to Nazi Party coffers at that time, she is considered to have been the probable donar of the next felicitous addition for Hitler’s writing setup, a brand-new American-made Remington portable typewriter, black with white keys,, built just one month before in New York, according to its serial number. The shiny little Remington was an appropriate complement to Hiler’s narrow room with its small, new typing table. . . . Page 195 (
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Dinesh said:
Helene Bechstein returned five more times in the next two weeks. Already enamored of Hitler and contributor to Nazi Party coffers at that time, she is considered to have been the probable donar of the next felicitous addition for Hitler’s writing setup, a brand-new American-made Remington portable typewriter, black with white keys,, built just one month before in New York, according to its serial number. The shiny little Remington was an appropriate complement to Hiler’s narrow room with its small, new typing table. . . . Page 195 (
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