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ADOLF HITLER SIGNED ARTWORK WITH PHOTOGRAPHS
ADOLF HITLER (1889 - 1945) Fuhrer of Germany and Nazi Party leader, Hitler's bloody rise to power, his military seizure of most of Europe and North Africa and his genocidal racial policies culminated in suicide in his Berlin bunker as Russian troops approached. ORIGINAL SIGNED ARTWORK GIVEN TO EVA BRAUN'S CLOSE FRIEND, MARIANNE SCHONMANN Original signed piece of art by Hitler, an 8.5 x 2.25 in. (open) handmade greeting card, illustrated with a hand-executed watercolor image with gilt paint highlights depicting a cupid trailing gold ribbons and carrying aloft a basket of flowers. Hitler signs opposite the illustration in black ink, adding the date '1./August 1937'. The front of the card bears child-like pencil inscription: 'Hella', perhaps a nickname for the first or succeeding recipients. Separated along the original vertical fold, mended with archival paper tape. Near identical sketches using the same artistic style and with the same somewhat awkward figures are credited to Hitler in the book 'Eva Braun: Hitler's Mistress' by Nerin E. Gun, published in London, 1968 (copy included), and they appear again in a 'Sunday Times' (London) article at about the same time. Author Gun, an ex-inmate of Dachau, translated the surviving fragments of Eva Braun's diaries for printing and published them in various languages as part of his biography of Eva Braun. For his research, he stayed close to the Braun family in Ruhpolding. In the view of historian and biographer Heike B. Gortemaker, Gun's work was 'the only serious biography' of Eva Braun. It was likely from the family that Gun received the examples of Hitler's art illustrated in his biography. This example, similar to one we sold which Hitler had given to Hermann Esser (Lot 2, Oct. 28, 2020), originates from the marriage of MARIANNE SCHONMANN at the Berghof on August 7, 1937. Hitler also attended the wedding. Included with Hitler's artwork are five original photographs from the wedding, from Schonmann's personal photo album. Measuring 4 x 6 in. and larger, they include portraits of the bride and groom alone and together with Hitler, and a fine group photograph including the bride, groom, Hitler, Eva and Gretl Braun, Sophie Stork, Heinrich Hoffmann, Dr. Theodor Morell, Helmut Schrieben, Herta Schneider, and others. An excellent collection altogether!

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April 25, 2024 10:00 AM EDT
Elkton, MD, US

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