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A Wartime Daybook Page Signed by Reichsführer-SS Karl Hanke

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A Wartime Daybook Page Signed by Reichsführer-SS Karl Hanke

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A Wartime Daybook Page Signed by Reichsführer-SS Karl Hanke

Offered is 1 of 15 pages from a wartime period daybook containing a signature collection. Each page contains a newspaper clipping image as well as a period signature. This particular pages contains the picture and signature of Reichsführer-SS Karl Hanke. The page itself measures 14.8x19.9 cm newspaper clipping measuring 5.3x7.2cm; The picture is a newspaper cut-out. The page carries the date, October 19, 1940, and Hanke’s signature in black ink. From the collection of an autograph collector.

Footnote: Karl August Hanke (1903–1945) was the last Reichsührer-SS, however only for a few days. Between 1937 and 1940 he served as State Secretary for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda (Staatssekretär im Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda), between 1941 and 1945 he was Gau Leader of Lower Silesia. He was awarded the German Order, the highest decoration of the Third Reich, one of only 11 men to receive it.