Was the News of Hitler's Suitcase in Stockholm Fake News?

A curious footnote from June 14, 1939, unearthed from Dagens Nyheter's archives, recounts the peculiar discovery of Adolf Hitler's Nazi party cash in a Stockholm attic. The article describes how the funds, amounting to millions in inflated currency, were entrusted to a Swedish acquaintance after the Nazis' failed Beer Hall Putsch in 1923. The cash was subsequently forgotten for years, buried in a garden and later stored in an attic.

According to the report, the German minister in Stockholm facilitated the return of the cash to the Reich Chancellery. While the funds themselves were of no economic value by 1939, the article noted they deserved a place among Nazi curiosities, and Hitler was reportedly pleased with the gift. The story suggests a moment of panic within Nazi circles after the putsch, leading to the decision to entrust the party's finances to an outsider.

However, the author of the piece, Bengt Ohlsson, notes the story's vagueness. No names are provided for the Swede who stored the cash or the individuals involved in its rediscovery in Munich and Berlin. Ohlsson's own extensive online searches yielded no corroborating evidence, leading him to question whether the 1939 report might have been "fake news." The article highlights the challenges of verifying historical anecdotes, especially when details are scarce and sources are unverified.

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Hitlers partikassa från 1923 har hittats i en koffert på en vind i Stockholm.