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What should be done with Hitler's desk set?

It's a valuable artifact, which represents one of the worst, most brutal eras ever. Something that belonged to Adolf Hitler, and it's now in the hands of a Houston World War II veteran.

Eyewitness News takes a closer look at the debate over what should be done with this painful piece of history.

it was the summer of 1945 and U.S. troops had just taken over Munich, Germany.

"I was 20 years old and we had just been through a heck of a war," said Jack McConn, brother of former Houston mayor Jim McConn, who was one of the first U.S. soldiers to step foot into the war-torn country.
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