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 pre-WWII German political propaganda group comprising a marked 1936 Adolf Hitler Reichstag ballot paper, a 1933 “Deutschland wählt Hitler!” election pencil, an “Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer” Hitler portrait badge and a dated “Ja – 12.11.1933” referendum badge. A visually impressive historical set documenting the political consolidation of the Third Reich before the Second World War.

Original four-piece Third Reich political propaganda group comprising a marked 1936 Adolf Hitler Reichstag ballot, a “Deutschland wählt Hitler!” election pencil, a stylised “Ja” campaign stickpin and an “Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Führer” Hitler portrait badge. An evocative pre-WWII collection documenting the propaganda, controlled elections and political consolidation of Nazi Germany.

Original period cut signature of Viktor Lutze, successor to Ernst Röhm as Chief of Staff of the SA. The autograph is executed in dark ink on a small paper fragment, framed with black card and mounted on a torn vintage album leaf. The reverse retains handwritten collector identification linking the signature to Lutze. A scarce German political autograph from the pre-1945 period.

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 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 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 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 German military appointment document dated 22 November 1934 and personally signed by Defence Minister Werner von Blomberg. Issued on official “Der Reichswehrminister” stationery, it assigns army chemist Dr.-Ing. Richard Scholle to the German Army administration and places him with military gas-protection training courses. A significant pre-WWII document from the final months of the Reichswehr.

Original and coherent German personal archive belonging to Wilhelm Ludwig Kappler of Karlsruhe, born in 1897. The group includes his photograph-bearing Wehrpass and Arbeitsbuch, a filled-in Ahnenpass, two 1944 air-raid victim identification cards, civil and church certificates, genealogical records, official stamps and handwritten entries. A substantial WWII German document group tracing one civilian’s military registration, technical employment, ancestry and experience of the bombing war.

Original WWII German press photograph associated with Luftwaffe Generaloberst Alexander Löhr. The reverse carries period editorial markings, a “Mil. u. pol. nicht zensiert” press-control stamp and a faint pencil signature attributed to Löhr. A scarce historical photograph connected with Luftflotte 4, the Balkan campaign and German military operations in Southeastern Europe.

Original WWII German Arbeitsbuch with period employment entries, handwritten annotations, signatures and official stamps. A genuine civilian employment record from 1930s–40s Germany.

Original WWII-era German private scrapbook containing numerous mounted wartime newspaper and magazine clippings, period photographic images, portraits and handwritten biographical notes focused on Luftwaffe personalities and the North African campaign, including material naming Werner Mölders, Erwin Rommel and Herbert Ihlefeld.

Two original WWII German newspapers dated 1939 and 1941: a Völkischer Beobachter Norddeutsche Ausgabe and Chemnitzer Tageszeitung. Period wartime press with front-page headlines, photographs, advertisements and extensive original content.

Original German WWII award document dated 1 September 1941 for the Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse, issued to Franz Plschockt of Hamburg. The document prominently bears the period facsimile signature of Adolf Hitler beneath “Der Führer,” making it a particularly striking Third Reich administrative and militaria collectible.

Original German WWII award certificate dated 30 January 1944, granting the Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse to Reichsbahnsekretär Eduard Weber of Oebisfelde. A highly displayable Third Reich document featuring the official period facsimile signature of Adolf Hitler beneath “Der Führer,” together with an additional handwritten countersignature at lower right.

Original WWII German Wehrpass and matching Gesundheitsbuch belonging to Georg Bierfelder of Forchheim, born in 1896. The matched WWII German document group retains his original photograph, signature, military stamps, 1937 and 1943 examination entries, 1940 discharge as Gefreiter and medical documentation extending into 1944.

Original WWII German Wehrpass belonging to Berlin-born Paul Beese, with original identification photograph, handwritten signature, Wehrbezirkskommando Berlin I registration, 1937 Musterung entry, official Wehrmacht stamps and dated wartime entries extending into 1944.

Original WWII German Wehrmacht Wehrpass issued to Wilhelm Hack in Fürth in 1940, retaining his original identification photograph, official military stamps, handwritten entries, Erkennungsmarke reference to Stamm-Kompanie Grenadier-Ersatz-Bataillon 42, late-war 1944 security entries and an associated Verwendungskarte.

Original 1942 Kriegsmarine promotion patent issued to Korvettenkapitän Johannes Schur, promoting him to Fregattenkapitän effective 1 April 1942. The document is dated Führerhauptquartier, 15 April 1942, bears a facsimile signature of Adolf Hitler and an original handwritten signature of Großadmiral Erich Raeder. Accompanied by its official presentation folder and an original August 1942 forwarding letter from the Küstenschutzflottille Ostland.