1064. 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. Rare T.L.S. "Af. Hitler" 1p. legal folio, on letterhead engraved with his name, Berlin, Aug. 30, 1933, to the Town Council of "Karlstadt a/M Unterfranken", in part: "The bestowal of the Honorary Citizenship of Karlstadt as well as the honor given me by naming a park in your city with my name and by planting a 'Hitler Oak' fills me with sincere pleasure...". Concluding with the greeting "Mit deutschem Gruss!". By July 1933, Hitler had ousted the conservatives, declared that the Nazis were the only permitted political party in Germany personally taken over the legislative power of the Reichstag, and abolished the trade unions. Light, even toning, discreet mounting strips to verso margins, well clear of text, overall very good condition. $2,000 - 3,000