Documents

Named WWII German paperwork estate belonging to Gregor Hecker, including an ISA certificate for Grenadier-Regiment 753, Feldpost items, DAF documents, photographs, driving licence, post-war passport and denazification-related papers.

Original Albert Kesselring prison letter dated 3 July 1952 and handwritten in German to his wife, Liny. This complete one-leaf letter is written on both sides and signed “Albert” at the conclusion. A personal post-war historical autograph document, offered exclusively for responsible research, preservation and serious collectors of twentieth-century correspondence.

Original two-document correspondence group dated 1942–1943, sent by Berlin medical bookseller Oscar Rothacker to the medical office at Buchenwald near Weimar. Includes a January 1943 order postcard for fifteen clinical prescription pocketbooks and a related invoice for a surgical publication. Both pieces retain period stamps, handwritten entries, filing holes and administrative markings. Offered solely as historical documentation for research, preservation and responsible collecting.

Original Adolf Wagner signed photograph in black and white, signed in full in the lower white margin. A vintage German historical autograph photograph showing Wagner during a candid public gathering. Offered exclusively for responsible historical research, archival preservation and serious autograph collecting.

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 Battle of France 1940 document archive comprising more than 40 French military and administrative papers dated mainly from 1939 to 1943. The group includes a detailed 44th Infantry Regiment journal, reports connected with the fighting at Bailleul-le-Soc, René Kiger’s personal narrative, copies of the order awarding the Croix de Guerre with Silver Star, an original occupied-zone map of France and a later 1946 mission order.

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.

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 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 Dolores Ibarruri signed Soviet envelope is an original Soviet postal stationery envelope bearing a handwritten blue-ink autograph by Dolores Ibarruri, known as “La Pasionaria.” The lot includes an unsigned black-and-white portrait photograph of Ibarruri. The frame shown in the reference images is not included.

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.