Bidspirit auction | HJALMAR SCHACHT

HJALMAR SCHACHT - (1877 - 1970) German financier and banker who engineered the rearmament of Germany. Broke with Hitler and joined the resistance when Germany went to war. Acquitted at Nuremberg. T.L.S. on Reichsbankpresident letterhead, 1p. 4to., Dusseldorf, Apr. 5, 1956 in German to Gen. ALEXANDER VON FALKENHAUSEN (1878-1966), setting forth his travel plans. Fine. WITH: an 8 x 10 in. Signal Corps photo of Schacht making his final statement before the Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal. Two pieces.