Lot 4657
Reinhard Heydrich – a book gift with a personal dedication from Heinrich Himmler
Orders and Military Collectibles from 1919 onwards | A106r | Live auction | 852 Lots
Hammer price € 11,500
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"Josef Piłsudski – Remembrance and Documents" (tr.), vol. I, Essener Verlagsanstalt, 1935, with a light-coloured, brown printed linen cover. On the frontispiece the ex libris of Reinhard Heydrich and the handwritten dedication in ink (tr.) "To SS Gruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich, my faithful employee and comrade-in-arms. In friendship. H. Himmler. 24.XII.1936". From 1938/39, the Lower Castle in Jungfern Breschan (Panenske Bžany) was the seat of the Reichsprotektor in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. After Heydrich's death, his widow Lina lived in the castle with their children until 1945. After the war, the Institute for the Study of Metals moved into the castle. This volume and the three following books were discovered during the renovation work and taken home by one of the workers.Condition: II Questions about the lot?