Hitler's Mercedes Spotted In Medina: Report

MEDINA, WA - A Mercedes custom-made for Adolf Hitler and used by him in the 1940s recently made a brief stop in Medina, according to the Seattle Times. A Medina resident saw the car parked along Northwest 12th Street, but didn't realize it once belonged to Hitler until she did a Google search.

Medina resident Jessi Sites saw car parked on the street after it was unloaded from a truck by two men. According to the Times, the car was last sold at an auction in Arizona, but the auctioneer would not disclose the owner or the sale price.

However, the auctioneer did tell the Times the vehicle's owner does not live in Median - in fact, the vehicle is bound for a foreign country.

The Mercedes-Benz 770 was produced between 1930 and 1943, and many murderous high-ranking Nazis used them during parades, including Hermann Goring and Heinrich Himmler.

If you missed seeing the car in Medina, the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa has one on display. Other examples reside with private car collectors.

Caption: The 10,000-pound, 19-foot-long Mercedes-Benz automobile of Adolf Hitler gives workmen some trouble as they unload it from a freight car in Rosslyn, Va., Oct. 19, 1945. W.H. Griffith, far left, a civilian automotive inspector at nearby Ft. Myer, gives the heave-ho signal. Hitler's car, along with Hermann Goering's, was brought over for the forthcoming Victory Loan Drive and will be driven through the country.

Photo by Harvey Georges/Associated Press