Friday, 4. October 2002

Hitler's gift to Nepal king gathers dust


A 1939 Mercedes Benz presented by Adolf Hitler to the then Nepali king is rusting at an engineering college in the capital Kathmandu because of a lack of funds to repair it, a state-run newspaper says.The Rising Nepal newspaper said the car given to the late King Tribhuvan by the German Nazi leader was one of only three of its kind still remaining in the world.

¬> REUTERS

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