Santa Hitler mug, Nazi memorabilia
found in condo of Florida man who planned to kill Jews, cops say
Article Courtesy of FOX NEWS
By Lucia I. Suarez Sang
Published January 21, 2019
A plethora of Nazi
memorabilia -- including a mug featuring
Adolf Hitler wearing a Santa hat and a copy
of “Mein Kampf” -- was found inside the
Florida apartment of an elderly man accused
of trying to torch a building in an effort
to kill Jews.
Walter Stolper, 73,
faces life in prison after he was caught on surveillance
video in July carting around plastic containers full of
gasoline at the Pavilion Condominium in Miami Beach.
Police said he had poured gallons of gasoline down a trash
chute in an attempt to torch the building before he was
arrested, WSNV reported.
A witness told police the elderly mad said he had bought the
plastic containers with gas because he was “going to burn
down the building with all the f------ Jews,” the arrest
report said.
In total, police said they found 28 containers of gasoline,
sulfur power and potassium nitrate inside the building.
Stolper was reportedly stopped by police as he was going
into his condo with two tanks of gasoline.
Other items in Stolper’s apartment included this SS
flag, what appeared to be a Nazi calendar and a copy of Hitler’s
notorious autobiography, “Mein Kampf.”
“We were minutes away from a potentially deadly
situation,” Miami Beach police Officer Ernesto Rodriguez said following
Stolper’s arrest, Miami CBS reported.
Police said Stolper had been evicted from the building.
Stolper’s friend, Luiz Diaz, is credited with alerting police after Diaz
said the two men had a weird phone conversation.
“[He said] that he was going to burn the building down with a bunch of Jews
in it,” Diaz told police, according to WSVN. “I didn’t think he would take
it this far. He said he doesn’t like Jews. He’s a Nazi.”
Pictures released by the Miami-Dade state attorney’s office showed the trove
of Nazi items displayed prominently inside Stolper’s waterfront condo.
Among them were Hitler’s notorious autobiography, a framed Nazi eagle logo,
what appeared to be a Nazi calendar and a stylized print of an SS propaganda
poster.
Rodriguez called Stolper is “troubled individual.”
“We will be working closely with the state attorney’s office to ensure a
successful prosecution,” he said in July.
Stolper was charged with a hate crime, attempted murder and attempted arson.
He is due in court for a bond hearing in February.
