Adolf Hitler’s painting of French lover up for auction

Busty portrait by Nazi leader expected to fetch at least £52,000 when it goes under the hammer in Germany

Hitler paintings
Paintings by Adolf Hitler on display at the Weidler auction house in Nuremberg 
(Image credit: Timm Schamberger/AFP/Getty Images)

A portrait believed to have been painted by Adolf Hitler will go up for auction in Germany next week.

The artwork depicts the Nazi dictator’s former lover, a French woman named Charlotte Lobjoie, according to Reuters.

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