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"His name is sewn on the inside pocket, 'Delich said softly.' Have the only known uniform of Himmler's." The SS and Hitler's right hand man.
Delich described collectors in his field as a peculiar breed that collected items considered unacceptable by many.
"The Nazi memorial, more so
the Nazi memorial, is going
through the roof."
Loren Looka, a collector from Topeka who also collects U.S. military items, said demand for Nazi memorabilia was growing although many think people shy away from it because of what it embodies.
The Japanese also are starting to collect it, Looka said.
Nazi memorabilia collectors secretive about valuable collections
Collectors also have to be careful not to be fooled by reproductions, which are becoming more prevalent, he said.
Many collectors are reluctant to talk about collecting even to another collector. Looka said, adding that they may be concerned about theft.
Looka, who keeps his collection of Nazi and German war memorabilia in a vault, said he was uneasy talking about his collection because of its value.
"I've been burned a couple of times," he explained.
Manion's Auction is a Kansas City, Kan, mail auction business that conducts one of the world's largest "silent" auctions in war memorabilia.
According to Delich, a dagger belonging to Himmel recently sold at Manion's Auction House Inc. for $67,000. Ron Manion, owner of Manion's Auction, refused to confirm the price.
Chris Manion, Ron Manion's brother, said Manion's German Militaria collection of which was devoted to Nazi items, was Manion's most popular catalog.
Angolia's subterranean museum displays thousands of pieces of Nazi trinkets. Arranged on the walls are Nazi banners, funeral sashes, awards and memorabilia of the photographs have scrawled from Hitler's notorious clique.
Most collectors are drawn to the historical value. However, a few neo-Nazis also may collect some minor pieces, he said.
"There is no substitute for the quality of the items, the attractive uniforms and the daggers," he said. "I am drawn because it's a colorful period of history when the worst war to date and it was the war that came closest to beating us."
"This belonged to a service corporal in Hitler's secret police, he says. The mannequin SS corporal, wearing polished black boots, a cap with a silver bracelet, a jacket and a stetsa arm band, faces 11 other mannequins dressed in perfect SS uniforms.
Images that include Hitler, Herman Goering, Julius Streicher — editor of the Nazi anti-semitic newspaper — a Nazis woman who lives near stone walls, eye each other from the stone walls.
Collectors may be drawn to the Nazi era because it interests them or because it is a forbidden subject area, Wilcox said.
Laird Wilcox, a Kansas City, Kan., collector of extremist literature, said the market for Nazi items did not indict Hitler or Nazism but an interest in history.
Angola does not seem to give it a thought as he conducts a tour of the town.
In April 1978, Wilcox was at the center of a controversy at the University of Kansas when a Nazi collection was seized during the "celebration of Passover."
Did this black uniform once belong to a man who witnessed the shipping of the Warsaw ghetto Jews to death in the Soviet Union to Russia to massacre Kiev's Jews?
Wilcox donated his extremist literature collection to the Spencer Research Library in 1965 and still adds to it periodically, he said.
Angola was in an elite fighting unit himself as a U.S. airborne ranger who served in Germany, Korea and Vietnam.
In his basement, he tenderly smooths a wrinkle in the perfectly pressed black uniform of an SS soldier.
scheduled in conjunction with a history class called "Inside Hilder the Germany." Four hours before the exhibit began, the canceled by University administrators.
Afterward, Wilcox threatened to remove his collection of literature from the University, saying he feared this precedent might mean censorship for his collection. The Nazi exhibit was postponed and never exhibited.
Angolia and Delich said they were drawn to Nazi memorabilia because of its mystique. Both said they collected the items for their historical value.
For Angola, the mystique is the elitism of the SS troops. The SS went beyond common human events to superhuman actions, Angola said.
custom-built for the walls are more than 300 Nazi and German daggers. In a corner, a boyish mannequin, meticulously attired in Hitler Youth brown gloves, stands on his hanner across his chest, is frozen in goose step ready to strike his drum.
For some, Nazi relics are a painful reminder of genocide. In Germany, the Nazis had been known to
For Delich, the fascination is the military trappings and regalia.
"My former job was to kill people," he said.
Goldstein conceded that people might collect Nazi memorabilia for prizes.
David Goldstein, director of the Jewish Community Relations Bureau/American Jewish Committee for the Kansas City area, said he questioned why people collected Nazi material.
However, he added that some collectors of Nazi memorabilia who maintain their collections are of historical value failed to display any items relating to the Holocaust or the Nazi's killing of 12 million people.
"They tend to have things that glorify
themselves, and in particular in
pursuit of history," Gasseri says.
Underneath glass display tables lay belt buckles, medals, regalia and insignia. Behind lighted display cases
"Only a few people have reacted strangely to my collection," Angolia said.
Angola, who has written more than 15 books about German and Nazi memorials collecting, said younger Muslims are the glory of Nazism and not the reality.
The collection, temporarily donated by a Kansas City. Mo., attorney, was
Before descending a stairway that he fondly calls Field Marshall's Row, Angolia proudly opened a copy of "Mein Kampf" to reveal a 1927 note pencilled on the inside cover. It is signed by Adolph Hiller.
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Returning "new Kampf" to its place in his den bookshell near a collection of autographed baseballs from the Jewish couple once came by the house.
Retired U.S. Army Col. Jack Angola, who now runs a security patrol firm, is considered one of the largest collectors in the area. Angola, who was born in Kansas City, Kan., has been collecting since he was 8.
Angolia refused to put a value on his collection, although other area collectors estimate that it is worth millions of dollars.
About 3,500 catalogs are mailed out a year, Ron Manion said.
"Some of the small items are worth thousands," he said.
"They asked me how I could collect this?" he said.
Angolia said they were stupid for not understanding the reasons that he collected the memorabilia.
"They were out here rubbernecking
— they could not afford to live in this
neighborhood anyway," he said.
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