Sale of Historic 1941 Mercedes-Benz 540 K Cabriolet B Blocked by eBay
A recent move by eBay to block the auction of a World War II Mercedes-Benz has been generating quite a buzz online in the past few hours. According to Stuff.co.nz, the website that broke the news, the sale of a particular 1941 Mercedes-Benz 540 K Cabriolet has been halted by the auction site because of its back story. Apparently, the car once belonged to Hermann Goering. Goering was a close aide of Adolf Hitler and the commander of the German Airforce. His relationship with the German Fuehrer was such that he was even personally handpicked by Hitler to be his successor in the event of his death. The chaos that ensued in their… Continue Reading »