PRAGUE (AP) — A torch used in the first Olympic torch relay for the 1936 Games in Nazi Germany has been auctioned in the Czech Republic for $28,100.
The auction was ordered and organized by a court in Karlovy Vary on Friday because the torch’s owner was in debt.
Court spokesman Tomas Mahr said an expert commissioned by the court confirmed the authenticity of the torch and estimated its value at $840. The new owner declined to reveal his identity.
The torch relay made its first appearance during the 1936 Berlin Games used by Adolf Hitler for the propaganda of Nazism.
