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VIKTOR LUTZE

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VIKTOR LUTZE
VIKTOR LUTZE
(1890 - 1943) Gauleiter of the Ruhr and an early Hitler associate, Chief of Staff of the SA following Rohm's death until his own end in an automobile accident. Typed D.S. in indelible pencil, 3+pp. large 4to., Munich, Apr.7, 1938. Lutze sets forth his decision in charges brought against S.A. Sturmfuhrer Michael Baldauf. The accused, a teacher, wore an Iron Cross, 1st Class from the First World War which he had never actually been awarded. The Gestapo investigated and reported to Lutze, who here orders that Baldauf, who finally confesses, be stripped of his grade and be permanently dismissed from the S.A. Very good.