Hitler's Fountain Pen

[Mastromaximo]

I found this curious internet news. What do you think?

 

" … on another matter, I had recently read something on the Internet that I am curious about. As this story goes, the pen manufacturer, Mont Blanc, had been asked back in the 1930s to produce a fountain pen for Adolf Hitler, and came up with the snowcap design that remains today. When looked at from the side, the pen cap resembles a snow-covered mountain peak. But, when viewed from the top, it resembles the Jewish star. As the story goes, the pen was designed this way by an anti-Nazi so that Hitler would be carrying the Jewish star in his pocket.

I know this is hardly a major issue, but I am a fountain pen aficionado, and am curious if you know anything about this. Do you know what brand of fountain pen Hitler used? I know you are a busy man, but any insight you could offer would be greatly appreciated."

[Bryant]

I found this curious internet news. What do you think?

 

" … on another matter, I had recently read something on the Internet that I am curious about. As this story goes, the pen manufacturer, Mont Blanc, had been asked back in the 1930s to produce a fountain pen for Adolf Hitler, and came up with the snowcap design that remains today. When looked at from the side, the pen cap resembles a snow-covered mountain peak. But, when viewed from the top, it resembles the Jewish star. As the story goes, the pen was designed this way by an anti-Nazi so that Hitler would be carrying the Jewish star in his pocket.

I know this is hardly a major issue, but I am a fountain pen aficionado, and am curious if you know anything about this. Do you know what brand of fountain pen Hitler used? I know you are a busy man, but any insight you could offer would be greatly appreciated."

 

Im not the biggest history expert, but I think that the timing is wrong on that theory. 1908 was when Montblanc was founded and I didnt think Hitler was in politics until the 20s... He was born in 1889, so they would have made him the pen when he was 19?

 

 

Edited for the wrong date and age...

Edited June 13, 2010 by Bryant

[Mastromaximo]

Ho trovato questa notizia curiosa internet. Cosa ne pensi?

 

"... Su un altro argomento, avevo letto di recente qualcosa su Internet che mi incuriosisce. In questa storia va, il produttore della penna, il Monte Bianco, era stato chiesto nel 1930 di produrre una penna stilografica di Adolf Hitler, ed è venuto con il design Snowcap che rimane oggi. Quando guardava dal lato, il cappuccio della penna assomiglia a un picco di montagna ricoperte di neve. Ma, quando visti dall'alto, si ricorda la stella Jewish. Secondo la leggenda, la penna è stato progettato questo modo da un anti-nazista in modo che Hitler sarebbe portare la stella ebraica in tasca.

So che questo non è certo un grosso problema, ma io sono un appassionato di penna stilografica, e sono curioso di sapere se si sa niente di questo. Sapete che marca di penna Hitler fontana usata? So che sei un uomo molto occupato, ma ogni visione si potrebbe offrire sarebbe molto apprezzato ".

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Im non il più grande appassionato di storia, ma penso che il momento è sbagliato su quella teoria. Montblanc 1908 è stato quando è stato fondato e mi pare non ha ancora Hitler era in politica fino dagli anni '20 ... Era nato nel 1889, in modo che lo avrebbe reso la penna quando aveva 19?

 

 

A cura per la data sbagliata e l'età ...

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Good point! The topic can end here

 

 

 

[meiers]

It's just a story that somebody made up.

[razr]

Montblanc Pens' Familiar White Star Was Designed By a Jew for Hitler-Fiction!

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.truthorfiction.com/_themes/bubbles/bd14565_.gifSummary of eRumor:

Montblanc pens have a trademark on their caps of a finely-crafted white star. It is said that the Montblanc pen was designed by a Jew for Adolph Hitler so that, without knowing it, Hitler carried the Jewish Star of David in his pocket.

http://www.truthorfiction.com/_themes/bubbles/bd14565_.gifThe Truth:

The Montblanc company is a German company that was founded in the early 1900's under a different name, then became Montblanc in 1910. According to "The Montblanc Diary and Collector's Guide" written by Jens Rosler, the first pens with the white star on the cap were produced in 1914, long before Hitler's rise to power. The white star represents the snow-capped mountain Montblanc which was also, "..black at the bottom, white at the top and the greatest among its peers." It does resemble a Star of David, but we have found no evidence that the resemblance is intentional.

[Mastromaximo]

Thank you all, now everything is clear!