76 1186 Wächter W 1902 1946
76/1186 Wächter, W. (1902-1946). TYPESCRIPT LETTER SIGNED "Wächter", to "Verlag Gustav Kühn Neuruppin", dated "Paris, 10. Oktober 40", 1 leaf w. printed letterhead "Propaganda-Staffel der Propaganda-Abteilung Paris".

= Letter of complaint concerning the catchpenny print "Der Heldenkampf der Zerstörerflotille Bonte", published by G. Kühn. Wächter, married to commander Friedrich Bonte's sister, was appalled by the (in his eyes) tasteless way his brother-in-law's death in Narvik fjord is depicted in the print.

AND ±30 other typescript (and a few manuscript) letters, partly addressed to or by the same (a few monogrammed), incl. the reply from the Kühn Company to aforementioned letter, i.a. pointing out that the print has been approved by the Ministry of Propaganda ("Wir bitten, daraus zu ersehen, daß Ihr eigener Geschmack, den Sie in ungewöhnlich starken Worten zum Ausdruck bringen, nicht allgemein, insbesondere aber nicht von Ihrer obersten Behörde, geteilt wirt").

= Staffelführer Werner Wächter was considered Josef Goebbels' right hand. He was arrested by the Soviets in 1945 and prob. executed in 1946.

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