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This Winston Churchill Board of Trade signed letter is an original typed letter from the 1908–1910 period, issued on Board of Trade, Whitehall Gardens stationery. Addressed to Sir Stanley Mordaunt Leathes, it thanks him for chairing a Selection Committee and refers to forthcoming appointments and applications made by women. The letter retains Churchill’s handwritten salutation and closing, signed “Winston S. Churchill”.

This Wilhelm Keitel signed appointment letter is an original 1938 Wehrmacht administrative document issued from the Office of the Chief of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht. Addressed to Amtmann Max Nüske, it assigns him to a civil-service post at the Reich War Court and is signed by Wilhelm Keitel in ink.

This Wilhelm Frick signed Schutzpolizei promotion document is an original World War II-era German administrative proposal dated 23 March 1942. It recommends Hauptmann der Schutzpolizei Walter Tietz for promotion to Major and bears Wilhelm Frick’s handwritten signature. The document retains official Reich Ministry of the Interior headings, routing stamps, internal approval notes and period filing holes. Offered solely for responsible historical research, preservation and documentary collecting.

Original Völkischer Beobachter Berlin edition dated Sunday, 9 November 1941. This WWII German newspaper includes a major front-page headline connected to the Munich commemorations, the Eastern Front, Luftwaffe claims, U-boat reports and a captioned photograph relating to the Oak Leaves to the Knight’s Cross. Interior pages include Eastern Front imagery, wartime reports, advertisements, classified notices and cultural content. Historical paper collectible only.

Original Völkischer Beobachter Berlin edition dated Thursday, 23 October 1941. This IIWW German newspaper includes front-page reports on Roosevelt, Cordell Hull, Brazil, Churchill, Luftwaffe activity over England, Moscow, and a photograph of Slovak President Dr. Jozef Tiso meeting Hitler. Interior pages include Eastern Front material, Soviet rocket artillery, Kaluga, Moscow, Croatia, wartime advertisements and civilian notices. A historical paper collectible only.

Original Völkischer Beobachter 1941 Berlin edition, dated Saturday 18 October 1941, featuring a major Odessa headline, Eastern Front reports, maps, photographs, political articles, cultural sections, advertisements and wartime announcements. A historically significant IIWW German newspaper offered strictly as a period paper collectible for research, documentation and responsible historical collecting.

Original Völkischer Beobachter Berlin edition dated Friday, 5 December 1941. This IIWW German newspaper includes a striking front page with the headline on Harold Ickes, a photograph of Göring and Marshal Pétain, reports on British fast boats in the Channel, North Africa, Tobruk, Bulgaria, Finland and wartime civilian advertisements. A period paper collectible offered strictly for historical study and responsible collecting.

Original named document estate of Rudolf Paret, Reichsbahn official, former SA Rottenführer and later Wehrmacht Obergefreiter connected to 2. Reserve Grenadier Battalion 465, Tarnopol, Galicia. Includes Reichsbahn promotion certificates, Dorpmüller signatures, Hitler facsimile, KVK2 document, photos, letters and missing-in-action paperwork.

Original Richard Anton Christ document and medal estate, including Soldbuch, WWI and WWII paperwork, KVK2 award document, family records, postal service IDs and medals connected with his military and civil career.

This Reinhard Heydrich signed Gestapo document is an original Secret State Police circular dated Berlin, 5 January 1937. Addressed to the heads of all State Police offices, it transmits official guidelines from the Reichsführer-SS and Chief of the German Police. The document bears Heydrich’s original handwritten signature and retains its Gestapo heading, routing details and period filing holes.

Original 1941 Wehrmacht internal-reference booklet, Heft 53: Schlag nach über die Sowjetunion. Produced for military use, it presents geographical, political, economic and military information about the Soviet Union from the perspective of the German wartime administration. A scarce and historically significant WWII paper artifact.

Original Völkischer Beobachter Berlin edition dated 30 October 1941. This IIWW / WWII German newspaper includes major wartime coverage on the Crimea campaign, Eastern Front operations, U-boat warfare, Leningrad, Ritterkreuz-related content, military photographs, propaganda articles, cultural sections, advertisements and civilian notices. Offered strictly as a historical collectible for research and preservation, with no political or ideological affiliation.

Original Völkischer Beobachter Berlin edition newspaper dated Monday, 20 October 1941. This IIWW / WWII German newspaper features major wartime headlines on the Eastern Front, Taganrog on the Sea of Azov, Waffen-SS operations, British wartime anxiety, Soviet losses, Ritterkreuz-related content, military photographs, naval references and period advertisements. Offered strictly as a historical collectible for research and preservation, with no political or ideological affiliation.

Original Völkischer Beobachter Berlin edition newspaper dated 6 November 1941. This IIWW / WWII German newspaper includes front-page wartime headlines, Eastern Front and Crimea-related coverage, photographs, political articles, advertisements and period printed material. Offered strictly as a historical collectible for research, documentation and preservation, with no political or ideological affiliation.

Original Völkischer Beobachter Berlin edition newspaper dated Wednesday, 3 December 1941. This IIWW / WWII German newspaper includes wartime headlines connected with British prestige warfare, the Africa campaign, Crimea, Tobruk, Roosevelt, Finland, military photographs, Ritterkreuz references, cultural notes and period advertisements. Offered strictly as a historical collectible for research, documentation and preservation, with no political or ideological affiliation.

Original signed card by Simon Wiesenthal, dated 9 December 1976, with a small portrait photograph and typed name. A historically important autograph connected to Holocaust memory, justice, documentation and 20th-century human rights history.

Original wartime OKW administrative report copy dated 15 December 1944. This document concerns defensive fighting in the Kurland sector and references German military units noted for their conduct during the late-war Eastern Front campaign.

Original Josip Broz Tito signature presented with a Yugoslavia postage stamp and Belgrade postmark. A highly collectible Cold War-era piece combining political history, philately and autograph collecting.

Original German Wehrpass issued in Krefeld in 1939 to Hermann Dewin, with later mustering entries, official stamps, a separate Wehrpass notice dated April 1943 and an accompanying French birth extract for Armand Dewin from Sarreguemines. A strong administrative and military paperwork group for collectors of original German service documents and European identity ephemera.

Original German Reisepass issued in 1932 to Peter Stein, accompanied by his wife Marie Stein. Includes original portrait photographs of both holders, handwritten personal details, Mannheim issue stamp, Baden revenue stamp and multiple later travel / visa entries. A strong civilian passport document for collectors of historical paperwork, identity documents and European travel ephemera.

Original German Reich Reisepass issued to Anna Müller, with handwritten personal details, official administrative stamps and an American Consular Service visa/receipt dated 9 November 1923. A strong Weimar-era travel document with excellent research, migration and passport-collecting interest.

Original German Kennkarte civilian identity card issued in Leonberg in July 1942 to Luise Sofie Hilber, later signed as Rexer geb. Hilber Luise. The document includes official stamps, handwritten personal details, fingerprint panels and its original “Deutsches Reich Kennkarte” cover. A historically interesting WWII-era identity document for collectors of original paper militaria, civil administration records and European wartime documentation. Offered strictly as a historical collectible for study, preservation and research, with no political or ideological affiliation.

Original German Deutsches Reich Reisepass issued to a female holder, Minna Harting, with portrait photograph, handwritten personal details, official Delmenhorst stamps and period travel-passport pages. A well-preserved civilian identity and travel document from the early 1930s, ideal for collectors of historical paperwork, passports and European administrative documents.

Original German Arbeitsbuch issued to Emil Berg, born in 1902, with handwritten personal details, official stamps and employment entries related to locksmith and mechanic work. A well-preserved civilian work record booklet with attractive period typography, administrative stamps and visible age patina. Historical collectible only.

Original historical printed book page featuring two ink signatures attributed to Albert Speer and Karl Doenitz on the same piece. A scarce dual autograph item connected to WWII-era German history, offered strictly as a historical, research and collector’s document.

Original certified Nelson Mandela signature, dated 29 June 2000, presented as an unframed autograph display with portrait photograph and biographical text panel. A highly collectible historical autograph connected to one of the most influential political and humanitarian figures of the 20th century.

Original 1941 Deutsche Reichspost telegram connected to Dachau concentration camp, notifying the death of Wenzel Trawczynski and providing instructions regarding body viewing, cremation and the death certificate. A serious historical document preserved for research, remembrance and educational collecting. No ideological endorsement.

Original 1939 death certificate issued at Mauthausen concentration camp, relating to Friedrich Berghanel. A historically significant pre-war document connected to one of the most important and tragic sites of 20th-century European history. Offered strictly as a historical collectible for research, documentation and preservation.

Original 1933 German Reichstag election ballot from the Südhannover-Braunschweig electoral district. A scarce political document from the final phase of the Weimar Republic and the beginning of one of the most decisive periods in modern European history. Offered strictly as a historical collectible and research item, with no political or ideological endorsement.

This Franz Gurtner signed Christmas card is an original undated German holiday greeting card, personally signed in ink by Dr. Franz Gurtner. The deckle-edged card carries a printed Christmas and New Year message in German and a bold full signature across the lower section. Offered solely as a historical autograph for responsible research, preservation and serious collectors of twentieth-century documents.

This Mitteilungen für das Offizierkorps 1942 archive is an original group of wartime German officer bulletins issued under the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht. The archive includes early 1942 numbered issues preserved in an original filing format, with printed material concerning officer leadership, military instruction, propaganda and wartime ideological guidance.

Original German Kennkarte issued to Mathilde Bilitz, born in 1919 in Mutterstadt. Civil identity document with portrait photograph, fingerprints, signature, official Kaiserslautern stamps and visible period wear.

Original Deutsches Reich Arbeitsbuch issued to Maria Klein, born 1 April 1910, according to the handwritten label on the cover. The document was issued by the Arbeitsamt Kaiserslautern on 28 November 1935.

This type of Arbeitsbuch was used to record a person’s employment history, employers, labour office entries and changes of workplace. It was a civil document, not a military document, but it forms part of the broader administrative and social history of Germany in the 1930s and wartime period.

The entries visible in the book connect Maria Klein with Kaiserslautern and include stamps and handwritten notes from local employers. One of the strongest points of interest is the presence of G. M. Pfaff A.G. Nähmaschinen-Fabrik Kaiserslautern, a historically known sewing-machine manufacturer founded in Kaiserslautern by Georg Michael Pfaff.

The book also appears to include an entry or stamp connected with Lehmann & Sohn, Militär Ausrüstungen, Kaiserslautern, which may be of interest to collectors who focus on civilian labour, wartime industry and supply-related businesses.

From a collector’s point of view, the appeal lies in the fact that this is a named female Arbeitsbuch with readable locations, official stamps and employment history. It is not a high-rank military item, but a good example of everyday civil documentation from the period, showing how work and identity were recorded through official channels.

The condition should be assessed from the photographs. The book shows age, handling, toning, stamps, handwritten entries and general wear consistent with an original document of this type.

Offered strictly as a historical document and collector’s item.

Historical Context

The Arbeitsbuch was part of Germany’s labour administration system during the 1930s and 1940s. It helped record workers, employment changes and official labour-office information.

This example was issued in Kaiserslautern in 1935, only a few years after the introduction of increasingly strict labour controls. Its value is not in military rank or decoration, but in the way it documents ordinary civilian employment during a highly controlled period of German history.

The connection with Pfaff A.G. adds local and industrial interest. Pfaff began in Kaiserslautern in the 19th century and became internationally associated with sewing-machine production.

Collector’s Interest

This Arbeitsbuch may be of interest to collectors of:

German civil documents
Third Reich administrative paperwork
Women’s labour history
Kaiserslautern local history
Pfaff factory-related material
German employment records
WWII-era civilian documentation
Arbeitsamt documents
Named personal archives
Industrial history documents

What makes the piece more interesting than a plain blank or common Arbeitsbuch is the combination of a named owner, clear issue location, visible employment entries and the Kaiserslautern industrial connection.

Condition and Authenticity Note

The document shows visible signs of age and use, including wear to the cover, toning, handling marks, official stamps and handwritten entries. The photographs should be reviewed carefully as part of the condition description.

The item is offered as an original period Arbeitsbuch based on its format, paper, printing, stamps and handwritten entries. As with all historical documents, independent review is recommended if formal authentication is required.

Important Historical Responsibility Notice

This item is offered strictly for historical, documentary and collecting purposes. It is not offered with any political or ideological meaning. Autographs & Militaria does not promote, support or sympathise with any regime, ideology, organisation or movement represented in historical material of this nature.

FAQ — Natural AI Search Questions

What is a German Arbeitsbuch?
A German Arbeitsbuch was a work record book used to register employment history, employers, labour office entries and changes of work.

Was an Arbeitsbuch a military document?
No. It was a civilian labour document, although some examples can include employers connected with wartime industry or military supply.

Who was Maria Klein?
Maria Klein appears in this Arbeitsbuch as the named holder, born on 1 April 1910, with employment records connected to Kaiserslautern.

Why is the Pfaff entry interesting?
The Pfaff entry is interesting because Pfaff was a well-known Kaiserslautern manufacturer, making the document relevant to collectors of industrial and local history.

Are Third Reich civil documents collectible?
Yes, many collectors study them as historical records of administration, labour, industry and daily life, not for ideological reasons.

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Original Deutsches Reich Arbeitsbuch belonging to Ludwig Eißler/Eisler, born 25 April 1907, with employment entries from Böbingen/Pfalz and surrounding area. Civil labour document with stamps, handwritten entries and period wear.

Original WWII Litzmannstadt Ghetto Paketkarte with a Star of David administrative stamp reading “Der Älteste der Juden in Litzmannstadt” and an original Nachnahme cash-on-delivery postal marking.

Original Deutsches Reich Kennkarte issued to Lina Hermann, née Reitz, in Germersheim. Civil identity card with photograph, fingerprints, signature, official stamps and visible age-related wear.

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Original Deutsches Reich Arbeitsbuch belonging to Karl Schirmer, born in 1912. Civil work record book with personal data, vocational notes, official stamps, handwritten entries and age consistent with period use.

Original Joseph Stalin signed Kremlin document fragment, carefully extracted from a larger Soviet award certificate. The piece features Stalin’s handwritten signature in purple ink, the signature of Yakov Chadaev, official Cyrillic titles and a Soviet state seal. Measuring approximately 25 x 7.5 cm, it is offered as a rare historical autograph and documentary collectible.

This Joachim von Ribbentrop signed New Year card is an original Berlin-Dahlem correspondence card dated January 1936. It combines a printed New Year acknowledgement with a large handwritten message and autograph in dark ink by Joachim von Ribbentrop, creating a visually striking early political-historical document.