EICHMANN ADOLF: (1906-1962) Nazi SS-Obersturmbannfuhrer, known as the 'architect of the Holocaust'. Brief autograph note, unsigned, in the hand of Eichmann, one page (feint ruled paper), slim oblong 8vo, n.p. (Jerusalem), n.d. (c. June 1961), in German. In pink indelible pencil Eichmann has penned the words 'Aktion Reinland'. With blank integral leaf. Slightly irregularly torn to the lower edge as a result of originally having been removed from a larger sheet of paper. About VG

Operation Rhineland (Aktion Rheinland) was an operation carried out by the Anti-Nazi resistance group in Dusseldorf led by Karl August Wiedenhofen. The goal was to surrender the city of Dusseldorf to the advancing Americans without any fighting, thereby preventing further destruction. The action occurred on 17^th April 1945, during the latter stages of the encirclement of the Ruhr Pocket.

Provenance: From the archive of Robert Servatius (1894-1983) German Lawyer known for his defence of Nazi war criminals including Adolf Eichmann.