AUTOGRAPHS, LETTERS & MANUSCRIPTS
7.4.22
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LEY ROBERT: (1890-1945) German Nazi Politician, head of the German Labour Front 1933-45. A rare A.L.S., Dr. Robert Ley, on one side of an official Prisoner of War postcard, n.p. (Nuremberg), 23rd September 1945, to his mistress Madelaine Wanderer, in German. Writing in bold pencil, Ley proclaims that he has 'had great sorrow and anxiety about you', but does now know why, continuing 'It was suddenly as if I heard your voice, but it was imagination. If I could only get some news of you. It's miserable. If you are unhappy you could perhaps try applying to Prof. Morell'. Beneath his signature appear two lines of text in Ley's hand, 'Internal Security Detachment, O.U.S.C.C., P.A.C., A.P.O. 403, U.S. Army'. Hand addressed by Ley to the verso. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG

 

Madelaine Wanderer (1926-2007) Estonian ballet dancer with whom Ley conducted an affair after his second wife, Inge, had shot herself in a drunken brawl in 1942.

 

Theodor Morell (1886-1948) German doctor, the personal physician to Adolf Hitler.

 

Ley's letter was written just over a month before he committed suicide while awaiting trial at Nuremberg for crimes against humanity and war crimes.