Military museum obtains hat once belonging to Hitler
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April 29, 2025 - 9:43 PM
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Military museum obtains hat once belonging to Hitler
A hat that once belonged to Adolf Hitler will now be preserved forever, thanks to the family of a World War II veteran from Albany.
A hat that once belonged to Adolf Hitler will now be preserved forever, thanks to the family of a World War II veteran from Albany.
Rich Marowitz was just 19 years old when he got to Munich, Germany with the 42nd Rainbow Division in April 1945.
Marowitz and his unit had just liberated the Dachau Concentration Camp a day earlier. Tens of thousands of people were killed there. The horrors of what they saw there would haunt them.
They pushed into Munich, and Hitler’s apartment the very next day.
All these years later, the hat, and Rich Marowitz, who passed away in 2014, are featured in a new exhibit at the New York State Military Museum.
Learn about why the people who helped preserve the hat say it’s so important to make sure this piece of history remains by watching the video of Mark Mulholland’s story.