Lot 1021
Fritz Todt (1891-1942), Engineer and senior Nazi figure; died in a plane crash during World War II; as Inspector General for German Roadways was responsible for building the autobahn; formed Organisation Todt (OT), joining government firms, private companies and the Reich Labor Service in the construction of the "West Wall" [later renamed the "Siegfried Line"] for the defense of the Reich territory; Minister of Armaments and War Production.
Two Typed Letters Signed on Inspector General for German Roadways letterhead, 13 Jul 1938, to Albert Bormann, Hitler's adjutant at Berchtesgaden, asking that a status report on "the work in the West [West Wall]" be presented to Hitler; 9 Jun 1939, to Wilhelm Brückner, another of Hitler's adjutant's and Eva Braun's bodyguard, reporting denigration of the West Wall by the foreign press and saying that he has composed a rebuttal that he requests be shown to Hitler. Estimate 400 - 600
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Realized $350 |