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Rede des Reichsführers-SS im Dom zu Quedlinburg Booklet. – Speech of The Reichsführers-SS at Quedlinburg
This is a great example of the extremely rare, finely illustrated 20 page booklet called Rede des Reichsführer-SS im Dom zu Quedlinburg or “The Speech of the Reichsführer of the SS in the Cathedral of Quedlinburg” published by the SS publishing house, Nordland Verlag in Berlin, in 1936. The 6-½ x 9 inch softcover publication has a large 2 inch embossed circle with SS runes on the cream colored front cover. The booklet even shows a photo of the badge issued to attendees to commemorate this event.
The publication begins with a full-page photograph of very high ranking Nazi dignitaries from the Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler to Dr. Robert Ley and Reichsleiter Martin Bormann with their heads uncovered in respect, standing before the open doors to the ancient tomb of König Heinrich I in Quedlinburg cathedral on 2 July 1936, the 1000th year anniversary of the birth of King Heinrich I.
A foreword written by SS-Standartenführer Gunter d’Alquen explains both the history of the great king who ruled from 919 to 936, and the purpose of the SS trip to the site.
The text of the booklet is a word-by-word dictation of the speech delivered by Heinrich Himmler on 2 July 1936 at the tomb of his namesake, King Heinrich I. Among other things Himmler explains that German Führer and Reichschancellor Adolf Hitler was the earthly inheritor of the human and political spirit of the long-dead king.
Original examples such as this are virtually impossible to have and a must for the serious SS collector. This booklet was put out at a time of the powerful expansion of the SS in pre-war Germany. LH13375