Nuremberg, Germany  - Two water-colour paintings of scenery by Adolf Hitler are to be auctioned in Germany this month, a Nuremberg newspaper, the Abendzeitung, said Thursday.

The paintings, "Farmhouse" and "Farm Buildings by a Stream," were both signed, according to the online catalogue, which showed them in black and white. They dated from 1914. The auctioneer in Nuremberg, Herbert Weidler, could not be reached for comment.

The later dictator supported himself in Munich in 1913 and 1914 by selling hand-painted postcards and full-sized paintings before he became a First World War soldier.

Hitler's application to enter the Vienna academy of the arts had failed and he never gained any academic art training.

The three-day auction of art is set to begin April 23. Weidler triggered controversy in 2005 by auctioning another Hitler water-colour depicting the place Bergaden Hoher Goell. Weidler said then he would donate his sales commission to a city Jewish museum.

The Abendzeitung said the 2005 painting fetched 11,000 euros (14,500 dollars).

Sales of Hitler paintings at prices far higher than everyday water-colours from the period have raised concerns that rich, secret admirers of Hitler may still be collecting objects linked to the man who started the Second World War and commanded the Holocaust.

In 2006, a total of 21 Hitler water-colours, apparently painted in Flanders while he was a soldier, were discovered in a Belgian attic and were later auctioned in England for the equivalent of 170,000 euros.(dpa)