Car gifted by Hitler to Nepal King awaits new home

NEPAL: A car gifted by Adolf Hitler to a Nepali King is likely to be displayed in a palace museum after the Himalayan nation abolished the 239-year-old monarchy and the ousted King Gyanendra quit the palace.

Officials said a 1939 Mercedes Benz presented by the Nazi leader to King Tribhuvan, Gyanendra's grandfather, is now rusting at Nepal's main Narayanhiti palace grounds.

It is lying there for more than three years after an engineering college in Kathmandu, which was using it to train mechanics, said it did not have enough money and spare parts to restore the antique car.

But now efforts are being made to display the car in the palace, which the government says will be turned into a museum.

Kathmandu, Sunday, Reuters