Brad Pitt Shells Out $400k for Nazi Motorcycle

[European Knight]

Famed fictional Nazi hunter Brad Pitt buys one of only 500 remaining Nazi reconnaissance motorbikes.

JTA - Having fought Nazis in two blockbuster films set during World War II, Brad Pitt recently bought a toy that once belonged to the real-life bad guys.

The three-time Oscar nominee purchased a rare 1942 motorbike used for Nazi reconnaissance missions for about $387,000, the Daily Mirror reported.

The bike, which the Nazis rode across the mountains of Crete, Greece’s largest island, was sold at an auction when the Nazis left the country in 1945. There are only around 500 of the model left in the world, according to the Mirror.

“Even the parts are expensive if they are original,” said the man who sold the bike to Pitt, identified by the Mirror as Yannis. “I had to replace a small piece of metal on this bike and it cost me 1,500 pounds [$2,300].”

read more: Brad Pitt Shells Out $400k for Nazi Motorcycle - Jewish World News - Haaretz

[abcd123]

Inb4 "he should gib that money to help refugees"

[Nurzat]

that's a good healthy purchase

[Lawalye]

He's germanic, it's in his blood. He can't resist.

[Petroskoijari]

Of course they have to put "Nazi" in the title. Hate the split of "bad" and "good" guys in the article, even if it's done in a joking way. People like them make the most subjective allegations.

[StormBringer]

Aren't Amerikanskis usually pretty open about collecting war time memorabilia from all sides of conflict?

[Rudel]

It's not a "Nazi" bike, it's a German bike.

[Rædwald]

Oy Vey! Those shekels should go to the reparations!

[JohnnyB]

[Äijä]

It's not a "Nazi" bike, it's a German bike.

Today anything can be labelled Nazi, even inanimate objects.