WWII GERMAN HAND SIGNED DOCUMENTS GROUPING, JOSEPH GOEBBELS, ALBERT SPEER AND VON HINDENBURG

A wonderful grouping of WWII German high ranking leaders’ hand signed signatures comprising of Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels, Architect of the Third Reich Albert Speer and early 1930s President Von Hindenburg, an interesting grouping relating to Dr Karl Ott who was a government finance official, serving in various financial roles for all administrations between 1926 through to 1953. Dr Ott was Government Councillor of the Reich Ministry of Finance; he served as the Head of the Budget Department of the Reich Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda and was a former member of the NSDAP. Post war he was involved in German Politics until 1953. The first group of documents are the CV known as the Lebenslauf of Dr Ott, beginning from his early life born in 1891. A copy of a citation issued from the office of Dr Goebbels congratulating Dr Ott on his fine civil service work dated 1938 with over stamp of the Finance Office without central swastika, a pen inserted date of February 1949 and various other documents of a similar nature, all are period copies. Newspaper articles. A large double folded parchment document dated July 1933 in the imperial style promoting Dr Karl Ott from one rank to another in the Finance Ministry with a large pen signature of Von Hindenburg and the smaller pen signature of Dr Goebbels at the base of the page. The whole grouping accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Detlev Niemann and finished with a further 1956 dated citation for land planning in a post war period letter 12th October 1966 written and signed in pen by Albert Speer to Dr Ott, where he talks about the times we worked together, he is thanking Dr Ott for his good wishes on his release from prison. In the grouping we have the signatures of Dr Goebbels, Albert Speer and Von Hindenburg. Please note the photos of the Political Leaders do not come with the sale of the item, for reference only

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