Toss in the names Adolph Hitler, Eva Braun and Starbucks and you’ve got yourself one heck of a tale.
By BRAD WONG
Seattle P-I
SEATTLE — An 18-karat bookmark that Adolf Hitler’s mistress reportedly gave him 65 years ago for solace after Germany lost an epic battle ended up this week in a Starbucks parking lot, allegedly peddled by a Romanian businessman.
Federal authorities say that Christian Popescu agreed to sell the stolen item for $100,000. But the gold bauble, reportedly the possession of the Nazi leader and later of his military chief, was no lucky charm for Popescu, 37. The buyer was an undercover federal agent.
The bookmark given to Adolf Hitler by Eva Braun in 1943.
Authorities swooped down on the Romanian national in a parking lot near Bellevue Square on Tuesday, and Popescu was in federal court on Wednesday, facing stolen property charges.
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