Lot 1043
Robert Ley (1890-1945), Head of the German Labor Front and supervisor of slave labor recruitment; hanged himself while awaiting sentencing at Nuremberg, leaving the note "We have forsaken God, therefore we have been forsaken by God."
Autograph Letter Signed, 30 Sep 1945, while a prisoner at Nuremberg and three weeks prior to being convicted of war crimes, Ley writes on a P.O.W. card to a friend, Hugo Simon in Waldbröl, giving him "full power of authority to act in my name" and asking him to find and take care of his (Ley's) children; also an unused Allied propaganda postal card showing Ley in an unflattering light and featuring a forged 3pf Hitler stamp imprint.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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| Realized $650 |
