Searching for Hitler’s tax evasion money

As a public figure, Adolf Hitler had always striven to present himself as a modest man and an honest citizen. He never drank alcohol and was a vegetarian.

But, what happened behind the curtains of his public life may stand to tell a different story.

Hitler assured himself a constant revenue through various schemes such as selling his image to stamp makers and then receiving royalties for each stamp sold, he was paid to hold public speeches and he made around $1 million off his ‘Mein Kampf’ partly because every German couple received a copy of the book on their wedding day.

However, when it came to paying his taxes, Hitler was somewhat reluctant. It seems that, by 1938, he owed the state of Germany at least $3 million in taxes but authorities were reluctant to launch an investigation.

‘Hitler's actual tax records survive and suggest that he was a 'cash-in-hand' businessman and a serial tax evader. He owed the German taxman a small fortune when he became supreme leader in 1933,’ said the producer of ‘The Hunt for Hitler’s Missing Millions’ documentary.

Moreover, Hitler’s money may still be hidden somewhere, experts estimating that as much as $6 billion, in today’s money, might rest stashed in secret accounts.