Documents

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 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 provisional award certificate for the Spanish Cross in Silver, issued in Berlin on 31 May 1939 and named to a German Hauptmann whose handwritten name appears to read Reinhard Henning. The document bears an Oberkommando der Wehrmacht stamp, handwritten signature and administrative details relating to the later issue of the definitive certificate.

Certified original Simon Wiesenthal autograph, accompanied by a Solar Stamps Certificate of Authenticity, Reg. #8673. A historically significant signed paper piece connected to Holocaust remembrance, post-war justice, human rights history and 20th-century historical collecting.

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 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 A serious historical document preserved for research, remembrance and educational collecting.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.

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.

Period cut signature attributed to Baldur von Schirach, handwritten in dark ink and dated 1935. The autograph reads “v. Schirach” and is mounted on black card inside a modern clear acrylic display, accompanied by a separate printed reference portrait. A distinctive pre-WWII German political autograph connected with the leader of the Hitler Youth and later Reich Governor of Vienna.

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.

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.

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.