Goering's cigars sold for £1,300

[StefanM]

Goering, Goering, Gone! WWII cigars sell for £1,300
Cigars removed from the home of top Nazi Hermann Goering at the end of the World War II have gone under the hammer for £1,300.

Goering, Goering, Gone! WWII cigars sell for £1,300 - Telegraph

[Glenn66]

Odd that these survived the war. After all, Karinhalle was blown up then taken over by the Soviets, I can't imagine too many victorious Soviet troops collecting cigars without smoking or trading them for other goodies.

[Dean]

Maybe from his residence at Berchtesgaden ? He had a ton of loot hidden in the so-called "Alladins' cave". A GI found a roman style gladius made by Napoleons' personal armoire in goering s pool after an allied bomb blast on his residence.

[Glenn66]

The article mentions Brandenberg where Carinhalle was located.

[Dean]

Oh, I haven't read the article. Thanks Glenn.

[Frundsberg]

Seems that 2 boxes are just ordinary cigars?

[Feuerbach]

Without rock solid proof they are just some boxes of dry cigars that could have been anybody's.

[Glenn66]

Could even be Monica Lewinsky's.

[Feuerbach]

Could even be Monica Lewinsky's.

Now that would be a bargain for £1,300! Would that be for everything, or just the one?

[BOB COLEMAN]

I have seen several boxes of Goring cigars on the market over the years. The boxes were personalized with Goring's name as were the ones in the auction. I do not know if it was the same box or several different ones. If these inded came fron Carinhalle, it is likely they were traded to a British soldier by a Russian.