<p>A Maryland auction house has sold a wristwatch that once belonged to Adolf Hitler for $1.1 million.</p>.<p>Alexander Historical Auctions in Chesapeake City had estimated the value between $2 and $4 million, describing the watch as a "World War II relic of historic proportions."</p>.<p>Newsoutlets report that Jewish leaders and others objected to the sale this week, saying it had little to no historical value.</p>.<p>The auction house's president, Bill Panagopulos, defended the auction and said the buyer is a European Jew.</p>.<p>The watch features the initials AH and a swastika. The auction house said a French soldier who was in the first unit to close in on Hitler in May 1945 at his Berchtesgaden retreat seized it as spoils of war.</p>
<p>A Maryland auction house has sold a wristwatch that once belonged to Adolf Hitler for $1.1 million.</p>.<p>Alexander Historical Auctions in Chesapeake City had estimated the value between $2 and $4 million, describing the watch as a "World War II relic of historic proportions."</p>.<p>Newsoutlets report that Jewish leaders and others objected to the sale this week, saying it had little to no historical value.</p>.<p>The auction house's president, Bill Panagopulos, defended the auction and said the buyer is a European Jew.</p>.<p>The watch features the initials AH and a swastika. The auction house said a French soldier who was in the first unit to close in on Hitler in May 1945 at his Berchtesgaden retreat seized it as spoils of war.</p>