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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. A most unusual signed image of Hitler, 9" x 6 3/4" b/w, showing him reclining sideways atop a park bench beside a small lake, his hands clasped together and bearing a broad grin. He has inscribed the photo: "My dear Bouhler Your Adolf Hitler". Mounted to a period white cardboard mount which has had three margins slightly trimmed. Near fine. PHILIPP BOUHLER (1899-1945) was quite close to Hitler, explaining how such an informal photo could have been presented to him. Bouhler joined the NSDAP in July 1922 with membership number 12. By autumn 1922 he had become deputy manager of the party. After the failed Beerhall Putsch, in 1925, he became Reich Secretary of the NSDAP. After the seizure of power in 1933, he became a Reich Leader and Member of the Reichstag for Westphalia. In 1934 he was appointed chief of the Chancellery, a post specially created which was set aside for party business. He held that position until 23 April 1945. Bouhler also was responsible for the killing of disabled German citizens. Together with Karl Brandt, he developed the Nazis' early euthanasia program, Aktion T4 in which mentally ill and physically handicapped people were murdered. He committed suicide by cyanide capsule on May 19, 1945 after his capture by Americans.

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February 18, 2014 11:00 AM EST
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