From the July 11. 2015, USA Today "Telegram that riled Hitler in final days sells at auction" by John Johnson.
A telegram from Hermann Goering in the last week of Hitler's life was sold at auction. An American soldier took it as a souvenir in Hitler's bunker, not knowing of its importance as it was written in German which he couldn't read.
It was dated April 23, 1945 in went to Hitler in his Berlin bunker as Allied forces were fighting in the city. In it, Goering told Hitler that he'd assume command of Germany if he didn't hear from Hitler that night. Hitler had previously designated Goering as his successor.
Hitler considered the move as a coup and went into a rage.
It was found in the bunker by U.S. Army Captain Benjamin Braden who took it with him to his home in South Carolina and stuck it in a safe. His son found it and it sold for$55,000 to an anonymous buyer.
--GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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