Nuremburg to auction Hitler paintings

Two signed watercolors by the former German dictator Adolf Hitler will be sold at auction later this month in Nuremburg, Germany. According to the local daily Nurnberger Abendzeitung on Thursday, the landscape paintings -- entitled "Farmstead" and "Farm Buildings On The River" -- will go under the hammer on April 25. The paintings date from 1914. The Weidler auction house, which is offering the works for sale, said in a catalogue that the bidding was due to start at 3,500 euros (4,600 dollars). One of Hitler's paintings was sold by the same auction house for 11,000 euros in 2006. Thirteen Hitler watercolors, including an apparent self-portrait, are also slated to be sold at auction in the British town of Ludlow on April 23. The watercolors were found in a suitcase in an attic in Belgium. The Academy of Arts in Vienna rejected Hitler's application to study when he was young because his painting showed insufficient merit.