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“Hitler’s Alligator” has been preserved forever and will be exhibited in the Moscow Zoo in Russia after his death
- Alligator, which supposedly belonged to Hitler, has been preserved forever
- Saturn was discovered by soldiers after World War II and handed over to the Red Army
- The reptile became an icon of the Moscow Zoo for generations of children
An alligator alleged to have belonged to Adolf Hitler was kept for posterity in the Moscow Zoo after his death.
The 84-year-old reptile was found by British soldiers in Berlin after the Second World War and handed over to the Red Army.
The alligator, named Saturn, was brought to the Soviet capital in 1946 and became an icon of Moscow Zoo for generations of children.
The alligator named Saturn will be on display after his death in May of this year
An alligator alleged to have belonged to Adolf Hitler was kept for posterity in the Moscow Zoo after his death
Known as a major pre-war attraction at the Berlin Zoo in Nazi Germany, the story also circulated that the reptile was in the Führer’s personal pet collection. Adolf Hitler is pictured above
The animal’s skin was donated to the city’s Darwin Museum and, after taxidermy work, the reptile will be on display in the New Year when the C0vid-19 restrictions are relaxed.
Known as a major pre-war attraction at the Berlin Zoo in Nazi Germany, the reptile was also reported to be in the Führer’s personal pet collection, as suggested by famous Russian writer Boris Akunin.
Dmitri Vasilyev, a veterinarian at Moscow Zoo, said there was no doubt that Hitler admired the alligator.
Saturn died in May, shortly after the 75th anniversary of the tyrant’s defeat.
The alligator was born in the wild in Mississippi in 1936 before being caught and shipped to the Berlin Zoo
Master Anatoly Alexandrov at work. Saturn died in May, shortly after the 75th anniversary of the tyrant’s defeat
Chief guardian Pavel Bogdanov (right) helps transport the stuffed alligator
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