Hitler Paintings Seized From Auction House in Forgery Investigation

A watercolor of an unknown landscape attributed to Adolf Hitler at Kloss action house, pictured before it was seized by police as a suspected forgery, in Berlin on Jan. 24, 2019. Reuters/Fabrizio Bensch

Three watercolor landscapes said to be painted by Adolf Hitler have been seized by German police as suspected forgeries just as they were about to be sold at action.

Berlin police seized the landscape paintings from Kloss auction house Jan. 24 in an investigation into “attempted fraud” and “falsification of documents.”