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LUDWIG BECK
(1880 - 1945) Chief of the General Staff of the German Army, resigned in 1938 in protest of Hitler's decision to take Czechoslovakia. Beck joined the resistance, was implicated in the July, 1944 bomb plot, and was executed in his office after two suicide attempts. Rare T.L.S. on his official letterhead, 1p. 4to., Berlin, Jan. 15, 1938 to "Ludin": "Thank you for sending the documents...regarding the shooting competition...I shall pass the documents on to the army education department...". File holes at left, else fine.

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September 27, 2012 11:00 AM EDT
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