MOSCOW (RIA Novosti) – Three watercolor paintings by Adolf Hitler will go under the hammer at an auction to be held in Bavaria on September 5.
Three landscapes by the Nazi dictator are to go on sale at a Weidler auction with a starting price of 3,000-3,500 euros each, the Nuernberger Nachrichten said. Before going into politics, Hitler twice unsuccessfully attempted to enter the Vienna arts academy. Hitler mostly painted postcards and advertisements, but also managed to sell a few of his watercolors. In 2006, 21 pictures authored by Hitler were found in Belgium. In April 2006, two of his watercolors were sold to an unknown buyer for 32,000 euros.
LONDON (The Independent) As a German auction house prepares to sell off three of Adolf Hitler’s watercolours, new evidence has emerged suggesting that the Nazi leader remained convinced he was an artistic genius and was often irritatingly obsessed by art despite his failure as a painter. (more…)

Famous Austrians

Frank  Stronach is an Austrian-Canadian businessman. He is the founder of Magna International, an automotive parts company based in Canada, and Magna Entertainment Corp., which specializes in horse-racing entertainment.
Born in the small town in Styria, Austria to a working-class couple, he left school to apprentice as a tool maker.
In 1954, he immigrated to Canada and started his first business there. In 1986, Stronach founded Magna Europa, with headquarters in Lower Austria, which later became Magna Steyr

Stronach, Sberbank and Opel

TORONTO (Reuters) – Magna International chairman Frank Stronach, who left Europe a virtually penniless toolmaker over 50 years ago, made a deal for Germany’s Opel, which will impact all world automobile industry.

The 76-year-old Magna founder -a rags-to-riches tycoon – emigrated to Canada aged 21. Now his auto parts firm has clinched a deal to take an Opel stake, after a week of negotiations. The son of a labour rights activist father and a factory worker mother, Stronach left school aged 14 to become a tool and die apprentice at a factory in Weiz, Styria. (more…)