Auction Date:2011 Jun 15 @ 18:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
German industrialist (1908–1974) credited with saving almost 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust by employing them in his enamelware and ammunitions factories. ALS in German, signed “Heartfelt greetings from your Busendieb,” on the reverse of a 5.5 x 3.5 photo postcard of his father Hans Schindler (1883-1947) in a military uniform wearing the Iron Cross, no date, but circa 1920s. Postcard to his cousin, Emilie Tyrolt in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, reads, in full (translated): “How are you doing in America? You always said you will be staying with your grandmother and now you did leave her. Are you still thinking of me? Have you learned to speak English yet? How do you like it there in general? Do write to me separately, so that I can see what you have learned. Heartfelt greetings from your Busendieb.” Busendieb translates literally to ‘breast thief,’ perhaps nickname given to him by his cousin. Some light toning and scattered light soiling, and a few spots to image side, otherwise fine condition. Accompanied by an original unsigned carte-de-visite studio portrait of a young Oskar Schindler in a military uniform, wearing a medal, with his left hand clutching the grip of a sword.
Born in what was then the Austrian-Hungarian Empire, Schindler was said to have a less than ideal childhood and was an average student. As a young teenager, however, he forged a special bond with his cousin Emilie, who was five years older and had found her way to the Midwest as a 10-year-old girl in 1913. The pair often exchanged letters, of which this is a prime example. With a reputation as womanizer in adulthood, Schindler’s nickname may have been akin to a ‘stealer of hearts’—in some ways an ironic title as it was the goodness in Schindler’s heart that spared so many lives in World War II. This correspondence, however, shows no hint of his future heroic deeds but the innocent inquisitiveness of a young man writing a beloved family member. According to the consignor, the items originated from Emilie Tyrolt’s daughter and were discovered in Emilie’s personal effects.
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