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Adolf Hitler
Hermann Goering
Werner von Blomberg
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Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), Führer and Reich Chancellor of Nazi Germany, 1933-1945. Fine condition partially printed, partially typed Document Signed, Adolf Hitler, one page, 8¼" x 11¾", Berchtesgaden [Germany], December 19, 1934. Countersigned, Göring and Blomberg, by Hermann Wilhelm Göring (1893-1946), Nazi Reichsmarshall and Luftwaffe commander-in-chief, and Field Marshal Werner Eduard Fritz von Blomberg (1878-1946), Nazi Minister of War and commander-in-chief of the armed forces, 1935-1938. In German, with translation.
This is a very uncommon, triple-signed document in which Hitler, acting "in the name of the Reich,” appoints Hans Pampe to be a Luftwaffe, or air force, major. It is accompanied by a photograph of Hitler, Göring, and von Blomberg and various papers relating to Pampe's military service in World War I and thereafter through June 1940.
As Reichsmarschall, Göring was the highest ranking member of the German armed forces in World War II. The President of the Reichstag as well as commander of the Luftwaffe, he had been Hitler's designated successor. But when he sought to take over in May 1945, believing that Hitler had abdicated by declaring that he would stay in Berlin to the end, an enraged Hitler dismissed him from all of his positions, expelled him from the Nazi party, and had him arrested. The Allies later captured Göring, tried him at Nuremberg, and sentenced him to hang. He committed suicide on October 15, 1946.
Von Blomberg was the first general Field Marshal whom Hitler appointed. He was ultimately forced to resign from the Wehrmacht because of a scandal involving his second wife, a younger woman with a shady past. He later sought to regain his commission by divorcing his wife, but Hitler refused his request. The Allies captured him and imprisoned him at Nuremburg, where he gave testimony but died of a heart attack on March 14, 1946.
This document bears a large blind-embossed Nazi eagle seal. Hitler, Göring, and von Blomberg have all signed with bold fountain pen signatures. The document has a few wrinkles, a small stain and a docket note at the top edge, and typical filing holes, but it is in fine condition overall.
We reject Nazism and all that it represented. We nevertheless offer this document because Nazism, although despised, played a large role in the history of the 20th Century. This piece would be a nice addition to any World War II or German military collection.
Unframed.
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