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HEINRICH HIMMLER
(1900 - 1945) Hitler''s Chief of the Gestapo placed in charge of security and responsible for the construction and operation of extermination camps. He chose suicide rather than face a hangman''s noose at Nuremburg. Typed D.S. "H. Himmler" at the bottom of a retained copy of a letter sent by him to SS-Sturmbannfuhrer Emeran Schmidt, 1p. 4to., Berlin, Sep. 4, 1936. In the original letter, Himmler tells Schmidt that he will give him another chance to redeem himself, failing which he will be released and will be provided with a position in the private sector at a pay grade equal to what he had when he joined the SS five years earlier: "...don''t expect anything more...old party comrades and recipients of the Blood Order get the opportunity to prove themselves...but above all they have the responsibility to be a good example and to prove themselves and do more service than all otehrs...". At the bottom, Himmler writes: "For acknowledgement and use of Schmidt...". File holes at left, else very good.

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September 13, 2017 11:00 AM EDT
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