This electric clock was removed from the wall behind Hitler's
desk in his Conference Room, above the door into his ante-room, by
Major H. F. Boddington on 26th July 1945. He was an officer of the
Worcestershire Regiment, but had worked in the British Intelligence
Service for most of the war. That day he was escorting Winston Churchill
and other important people in a tour of the Chancellery, Berlin, which
had been captured by the Red Army.
After deciding to 'liberate' the clock, Major Boddington gave it to
the museum for safe keeping, where it has remained as a popular exhibit.