HJALMAR SCHACHT (1877-1970) German financier and banker who engineered the rearmament of Germany. Broke with Hitler and joined the resistance when Germany went to war. Acquitted at Nuremberg. Interesting T.L.S. as President of the Reichsbank, 1p. 4to., Berlin, Dec. 9, 1938 in German, not fully translated, but written to one of Hitler's adjutants, Hauptmann Wiedemann concerning waiting for instructions from Hitler before making a trip to Basel, Switzerland. File holes at left, dampstained slightly with some ink transfer from another document, toned at bottom and right, still overall very good. $150-200