1013

EICHMANN, ADOLF

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EICHMANN, ADOLF
<b>1013. ADOLF EICHMANN</b> (1906 - 1962) Nazi military officer charged by Hitler with the destruction of the Jewish race, present at the Wannsee Conference where the "Final Solution" was formulated, and generally oversaw the operation of the death camps. Captured and smuggled to Israel, he was convicted of war crimes and hanged. Exceedingly rare and important A.D.S. "<i>E</i>" and also signed "<i>Eichmann</i>" within the text, 2pp. legal folio, [on trial in Israel], June 4, 1961 in German to his defense counsel, Dr. Robert Servatius on his relationship with Dr. Edmund Veesenmayer, Plenipotentiary in Hungary responsible for the deportation of 480,000 Jews to the death camps. In part: <i>"ÉI never received anything from Veesenmayer in writingÉI occasionally was ordered to report to him. When suddenly you hear the words Palestine Travel, I perk up my ears, because I know from Berlin, that this was forbiddenÉthat is why I wrote to the RsteA [?] on official business [?] if Swiss action to Palestine would be permittedÉ[German Commander of Security Police in Hungary, Theodor] Grell made up everything else pretty much in his civilian brain. `Eichmann repeatedly suggested to permit transports to Lisbon only through western Europe'Éwe had a clearance for this routeÉbecause a request [to] Hitler was authorizedÉAll other of Grell's malicious attacks are the bad-mouthed gibberish of an amateur detectiveÉ</i>". Servatius has placed an "<i>x</i>" through the text on both sides, obviously not pleased with Eichmann's explanations. Fine condition. <b> $3,000-4,000</b>