A watch believed to belong to Hitler sold in auction

A watch believed to belong to Hitler sold in auction.

A watch said to have belonged to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler has sold for $1.1 million at a US auction.

The Huber watch, which was sold to an anonymous bidder, shows a swastika symbol and has the initials AH engraved on it.

Jewish leaders condemned the auction before the sale at Alexander Historical Auctions in Maryland.

Adolf Hitler led Nazi Germany between 1933 and 1945, orchestrating the systematic murder of an estimated 11 million people – six million of whom were killed because they were Jewish.

According to the product catalog, the watch may have been a birthday present for Hitler in 1933, the year he became Chancellor of Germany.