A 1930 DATE LETTER SIGNED BY ERICH OLLENHAUER, the letter th...

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A 1930 DATE LETTER SIGNED BY ERICH OLLENHAUER, the letter that was sent to Dr Erich Winkler and was to say he can arrive at the train station to meet each other and then continue on to Wiemer, he was chairman of the Socialist workers You SAJ between 1928 and 1933 and after he was elected to the executive of the SPD he was sent to Prague to carry on the fight, he remained there until the Anschluss of Austria with Germany in 1938, he eventually escaped from France just ahead of the Gestapo and was helped to escape by the Swedish comrades and English Labour party, he remained in London until 1946 whilst still carrying on the propaganda war against Hitler, this has previously been folded and there is a small tear in the centre, this was previously sold by Sotheby's London on 3rd/4th December 1992 and was part of lot 359, Customers must satisfy themselves prior to sale in regards to conditions and authenticity, viewing is advised, condition reports are available on request

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