AUTOGRAPHS, LETTERS & MANUSCRIPTS
By International Autograph Auctions
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Jul 16, 2021
Urbanizacion El Real del Campanario. E-12, Bajo B 29688 Estepona (Malaga). SPAIN, Spain
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LOT 588:
SAUERBRUCH FERDINAND: (1875-1951) German Surgeon who, in 1937, became a member of the Reich ...
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Sold for: €380
Start price:
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400
Estimated price :
€400 - €600
Buyer's Premium: 25.5%
VAT: 17%
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SAUERBRUCH FERDINAND: (1875-1951) German Surgeon who, in 1937, became a member of the Reich Research Council ('Reichsforschungsrat') which supported the 'research projects' of the SS, including experiments on prisoners in concentration camps. As head of the General Medicine Branch of the RRC, Sauerbruch personally approved the funds which financed August Hirt's experiments with mustard gas on prisoners at Natzweiler concentration camp from 1941-44. A brief T.L.S., Sauerbruch, one page, oblong 8vo, Munich, 12th March 1927, to Birkelbach, in German. Sauerbruch simply states that he fully agrees with his correspondent's suggestion. Rare. Two file holes to the left edge, causing some slight paper loss, and a few minor creases, about VG
