num_pages: 352
description: In 1938 Mercedes-Benz began production of the largest most luxurious limousine in the world. Twenty feet long upholstered in glove leather and bullet-proof the Grosser 770K was a sumptuous monster with a monstrous patron: Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party. Most of the 770Ks didnt make it out of WWII but several of them did two finding their way to the United States.In The Devils Mercedes author Robert Klara uncovers the story of how Americans responded to these relics of fascism on their soil. The limousines made headlines drew crowds made fortunes and ruined lives. They also entangled the country in a game of intrigue and mistaken identity.Nobody knew that the limousine touted as Hitlers had in fact never belonged to him while the Mercedes shrugged off as a staff carone later sold offturned out to be none other than Hitlers personal limo. It would take 40 years a cast of carnies and millionaires the U.S. Army and the research of a librarian to bring the truth to light.This remarkable retelling probes the power of these haunting hulks to attract excite and disgust. Ultimately The Devils Mercedes isnt only the story of a notorious car but what it taught postwar America about itself.
language: English
title: The Devil's Mercedes: The Bizarre and Disturbing Adventures of Hitler’s Limousine in America
publisher: Thomas Dunne Books