Ultimate Garage Find - Himmler’s Car

On 4th May 1945, US forces captured Berchtesgaden, the Bavarian town where many Nazi leaders maintained homes. One of the houses captured belonged to Heinrich Himmler, leader of the SS. In the garage, GIs made an astounding discovery - a stunning armoured limousine used by Himmler when he lived at the house. Special thanks to the following kind people for sharing photographs with me: Pierre Begley; Noah Simonis; Eduardo Ludi; Daniele Secci; Christoph Seidel; Claussrk95; Bert Terpstra; Timothy Cox; Thomas Gase; Admir Memic; Mike Long; Andrew Stacer; Chris Randazzo; Kalle Max Zebisch; Matej Srb; Daniel Schill; Eric Winkler; Johannes Koch Dr. Mark Felton FRHistS, FRSA, is a well-known British historian, the author of 22 non-fiction books, including bestsellers ’Zero Night’ and ’Castle of the Eagles’, both currently being developed into movies in Hollywood. In addition to writing, Mark also appears regularly in television documentaries around the world, including on The History Chan