Hitler's Hat finds a home at NY State Military Museum

Hitler's Hat finds a home at NY State Military Museum

Adolph Hitler's top hat has a new home at the New York State Military Museum in Saratoga Springs, New York.

The Nazis extorted Jewish families' silver. Their descendants gathered in Munich to memorialize them.

(RNS) — The order came on Feb. 21, 1939, seven months before the start of World War II. All German Jews, it stated, “must surrender any objects made of gold, platinum or silver, as well as precious stones and pearls, in their possession.” Most Jews complied, filling pawnshops across Germany with tons of precious metals — much of which were melted down and used to help Germany’s war efforts. But a tranche of items survived, including hundreds of …

HItler's top hat gains new home at N.Y. museum

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Adolph Hitler’s top hat has a new home at the New York State Military Museum in Saratoga Springs.