Lot 9069
Joachim von Ribbentrop - 13 pages of the "Military Government - Finance-Section" completed by his own hand on occasion of his arrest in June 1945
Orders and Military Collectibles from 1919 onwards | A109r | Live auction | 1186 Lots
Description
All pages carbon copies with handwritten notes of von Ribbentrop in pencil, predominantly in capital letters. Nine pages of form "MGAX (1)", the first page titled "Declaration of Assets and Obligations pursuant to...", including von Ribbentrops address in Berlin, on the following pages he fills in the columns with "NONE". On page 8 signed twice by him and the ninth page with an "Affidavit of Person Making Report" with his remark "Irrtum mangels Belege vorbehalten" (trans. 'Errors are possible due to lack of evidence'), his address and signature. Four pages of form "MGAX(2)" titled "Property delivered to the Reichsbank against Receipt in accordance...", again with his address, three of von Ribbentrop's signatures, the "error" remark and columns with "NONE". Measurements 20.3 x 26.5 and 32 x 20.3 cm. Damaged edges. Rare documents regading von Ribbentrop's arrest in 1945. In the Nuremberg trials he was sentenced to death and on October 16, 1946 he was the first of the defendants who was hanged.Condition: II - III Questions about the lot?