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A SWATCH OF LEATHER FROM A CHAIR IN HITLER'S OFFICE
An interesting relic from Adolf Hitler's office in the Reichs Chancellery in Berlin, an approx. 1" x 1/2" section of brown dyed leather seat covering recovered days after the city's fall by a well-known press and intelligence officer attached to SHAEF headquarters. The relic was taken by Col. Roswell P. Rosengren (1902-?) who served as an intelligence officer under the Chief of Engineers, and on the public relations staffs of Secretary of War Henry Stimson, Chief of Staff George Marshall, and also served on Eisenhower's staff at SHAEF. His Army service continued through the Korean War, during which he was Chief of Public Information for the 8th Army. The relic is accompanied by a copy of a 2001 notarized letter of provenance from his son, professional photographer Erik L. Rosengren. The son states that Col. Rosengren and three senior officers: "...entered Hitler's bunker within the Reichskanzlei. Dad cut a piece of blood soaked material from Hitler's davenport...my father also cut two swatches of material and one piece of leather from chairs and a sofa. These and other mementos were cataloged and numbered with tags and placed under lock and key...". Sold with a copy of Rosengren's original tag attached to the swatches: "No. 28 Three pieces covering + 1 swatch leather from chairs in Hitler's large office". Biographical data also included. Rosengren's papers now reside at the Truman Library and the Wisconsin Historical Society.

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February 18, 2014 11:00 AM EST
Elkton, MD, US

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