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<b>214. JOSEF "SEPP" DIETRICH</b> (1892 - 1966) Commander of the 6th Panzer Army in the Battle of the Bulge, sentenced to 25 years imprisonment for the execution of American P.O.W.'s during the offensive. A most important archive of material obtained from the SS personnel file on Dietrich, a total of eight documents with startlingly good content. Included in this fine grouping are: <b>JOSEPH "SEPP" DIETRICH,</b> T.L.S. "<i>Dietrich</i>" on Commanding General, Liebstandarte Adolf Hitler letterhead, 1p. 4to., "<i>Headquarters</i>", December, 1943 to the family of a deceased soldier under Dietrich commend. In part: <i>"...We men of the Fuhrer's Liebstandarte are remembering the deceased members of the SS...who in our ranks died for the Reich's freedom and greatness...the battle against the communists in the year 1943 requires more hardness and violent anger than ever before. In loyalty to our Fuhrer, our comrades dies as courageous soldiers in the highest performance of our duties. We should further struggle with the same loyalty and bravery so that at the end is: The German Victory!...</i>". With a D.S. "<i>Josef Dietrich SS-Gruppenfuhrer</i>", 1p. 4to., Friedrichroda, Oct. 20, 1934, a pencil signed retained copy of Dietrich's SS Secrecy Agreement in which he pledges: <i>"...I expressly agree that I will not make any statements...about secret writing materials and their use...also after my departure from the SA...I am aware that violations...constitutes noncompliance with a special order...[and] is tantamount to treason...I promise to report immediately all violations...of which I become aware...</i>"; <b>HEINRICH HIMMLER</b>, T.L.S. with initials "<i>HH</i>" on Reichsfuhrer SS letterhead, 1p. 4to., Munich, Oct. 14, 1932 to Dietrich<i>: "...I appoint you Fuhrer of the SS-Group-North. The Effective Date of Appointment is 1 October 1932...</i>", trimmed at left margin; <b>HIMMLER</b>, T.L.S. "<i>HH</i>" (hastily scribbled in red pencil), 1p. 4to., [n.p.], Oct. 2, 1933, to Dietrich: "<i>I appoint you Commander of the Group-East, effective 1 October 1933...</i>", <b>WALTER SCHMITT</b>, Waffen SS Lt. General and Head of SS Personnel Department, D.S. on onionskin, Fuhrer Headquarters, Oct. 1, 1941, a carbon copy of Hitler's appointment of Dietrich to serve as "<i>General der Waffen-SS</i>"; (<b>ADOLF HITLER</b>), 1p. 4to., Berlin, Mar. 16, 1943, an original typed retained copy of Hitler's telegram to Dietrich awarding him <i>"...the Oak Leaf cluster with Swords for the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross...</i>" for heroism, signed in type; with Dietrich's SS Personal Records data file, 4pp. legal folio, listing his advancement through the ranks of the SS listing date of promotion, rank, to which group he was attached, medals and awards, and so on, curiously ending on April 20, 1942; and finally, a 10" x 8" photo showing Dietrich with the children of Minister Albert Speer. Eight pieces, all in very good condition, with translations. A superb archive chronologically following the advancement of one of German's finest generals.<b>$3,000-5,000</b>
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