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BALDUR VON SCHIRACH

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BALDUR VON SCHIRACH
(1907 - 1974) Nazi leader of the Hitler Youth and Gauleiter of Vienna, sentenced at Nuremberg to twenty years for war crimes. Scarce war-date T.L.S. "Schirach" on NSDAP Hitler Youth official letterhead, 1p. 4to., Berlin, Sep. 22, 1942 to Dietrich Wilken whose young son had been killed in combat. In part: "…your son Hans, leader of Group Bann 691st North Sea area, died on the field of honor in the East. Please accept my heartfelt sympathy to you and your wife…The youth movement of Adolf Hitler mourns with you. You can be proud of the comrade who did his duty at home and in the war front with leadership to the end. This young German was a model and the Hitler Youth will keep a faithful and cherished memory of your son Has. So your son will live on!…". With transmittal envelope. The young man was likely a member of a Waffen-SS Hitler Youth Division which increasingly became cannon fodder as the war ground on. Folds, else near fine.