A Russian billionaire has shelled out several million dollars to join the league of folks who own memorabilia related to Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler.

A middleman for the unidentified billionaire approached Duesseldorf-based vintage car dealer Michael Froehlich and asked him to track down Hitler's dark-blue 770 K model Mercedes Benz.

After weeks of searching, the dealer learned that Adolf Hitler's original Mercedes was in Austria at the end of World War II, was later moved to the Classic Car Museum in Las Vegas, and then ended up in the hands of a Bavarian beer magnate in Germany.

After the mogul's death in 2008, his widow decided to sell the iconic car.

The Russian buyer arrived in Germany on a private jet to seal the deal and bought it from the private owner for between 6 and 15 million dollars.

Hitler's car now resides in Moscow, a place the Nazi dictator was never able to visit, despite the efforts of his troops.

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