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Author Klara, Robert, author.

Title The Devil's Mercedes : the bizarre and disturbing adventures of Hitler's limousine in America / Robert Klara.

Publisher New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2017.

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Edition First edition.
Physical Description 342 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-334) and indexes.
Contents The Stockholm deal -- The screwball of Winnetka -- The great Mercedes -- "The Göring special" -- The Finnish connection -- Men with cars -- Running off to Canada -- The big tent -- Suspicions -- Dutch wonderland -- Stalement in Ottawa -- Like marrying a movie star -- The sleuth -- The cult of a car -- California -- Epilogue.
Summary In 1938, Mercedes-Benz began production of the most luxurious limousine in the world the Grosser 770K Model, for Adolph Hitler and the Nazi Party. Several of the models made it out of WW II. Two of them found their way to the United States. In The Devil's Mercedes, author Robert Klara uncovers the forgotten story of how Americans responded to these rolling relics of fascism on their soil.
Subject Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.
Mercedes automobiles -- History -- 20th century.
Used limousines -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Automobile drivers -- United States -- Biography.
Automobile ownership -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Limousines -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
Heads of state -- Transportation -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.