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Letter From Heinrich Himmler, Heinrich Himmler
Letter From Heinrich Himmler, Heinrich Himmler
World War II Documents of Special Interest
Communication from Nazi SS Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler to the Ahnenerbe (an institute founded Himmler and others whose purpose was to research the archaeological and cultural history of the ‘Aryan’ race and later, the occult as well). This institute had been moved to the village of Waischenfeld in Bavaria in 1943 to escape Allied bombing.
Translation:
From the Reichsführer, Field Command, 29 February 1944. To the Ahnenerbe, Waischenfeld.
If I remember correctly, Prof. Tratz's research shows that application of sea squill (Scylla) is one of the best means of combating rats.
I ask to be connected with SS-Obergruppenführer Wolff in Italy …
Letter From Lieutenant General Franz Barchausen, Franz Barchausen
Letter From Lieutenant General Franz Barchausen, Franz Barchausen
World War II Documents of Special Interest
Translation: “German Military Commission in Slovakia, Pressburg, September 1, 1939. Captain Dr. Nagel has orders to guide the members of the Polish legation of Pressburg through the war zone to the Slovak-Hungarian border. Signed: Franz Barckhausen, Lieutenant General and Director of the German Military Mission.”
Pressburg is the German name for Bratislava, Slovakia. The Slovak Republic was a client state of Nazi Germany from 1939 to 1945. Zofia Drzewieniecki (then Zofia Kryżanowska) was working at the Polish Consulate in Bratislava at the time and this letter was delivered into her hands. The members of the Polish Consulate were safely delivered …
Invitation To Herr Gruppenfuhrer Oldenbourg And His Wife From The German Fuhrer, Unknown
Invitation To Herr Gruppenfuhrer Oldenbourg And His Wife From The German Fuhrer, Unknown
World War II Documents of Special Interest
Invitation to from ‘The Führer’ (Adolf Hitler) to Gruppenführer Oldenbourg and his wife from to an evening event on February 28, 1938.
Translation:
[Nazi Party Logo] The Führer requests Mr. Gruppenführer Oldenbourg and Mrs. Oldenbourg on Friday, the 25th of February, 1938 at 8 PM to spend the evening in his company. Dress Code: Uniform & Evening Dress. Location: House of the Führer, Munich, Königlicher Platz. RSVP by accompanying postcard addressed to the Chief of the Führer’s Chancellery, Berlin W8, Volsstr. 1, Fornruf 12 20 54