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. Fine content and most uncommon D.S., 1p. sm. folio, Berchtesgaden, Dec. 28, 1937 in German, Berlin, apparently relieving a "controversial" intellectual of his teaching position. In part: "...I release Dr. Friedrich Brie based on #4 of the laws of the university dated 21 January 1935...from his professional responsibilities..." Hitler's signature just a tad light, else fine condition. Friedrich Brie was a Professor of English Literature at the University of Freiburg whose praise of his subject was certainly contrary to the Aryan ideal promoted by Hitler and his cronies. Matted with a red, white and black sewn Nazi swastika armband, likely vintage, and a reprint of a photo of Hitler, set into a slightly-chipped silver wood frame. $1,500-2,000