[HITLER ADOLF]: (1889-1945) Fuhrer of the Third Reich 1933-45. An interesting, small group of ...

[HITLER ADOLF]: (1889-1945) Fuhrer of the Third Reich 1933-45. An interesting, small group of T.Ls.S. and documents issued by various members of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Berlin and presented to Otto Meissner, all relating to requests made by various British subjects to have meetings with Adolf Hitler during 1937-38, including a T.L.S. by Boltze, an employee at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, two pages, 4to, Berlin, 7th August 1937, to Otto Meissner, in German. Boltze states that John Groth, the honorary German vice-consul in Bradford, has asked to be received by the Fuhrer and Reich Chancellor and continues to comment 'Groth, the British national who has carried out the functions of honorary German vice-consul since 1926, has always represented German interests very ably, and has devoted himself completely and wholeheartedly to the strengthening of friendly relations between England and Germany. As a great admirer of the Fuhrer and Reich Chancellor, Growth has expressed his long-cherished wish for arrangements to be made for him…..to be received by the Fuhrer and Reich Chancellor at Berchtesgaden…..In view of Mr. Groth's services…..the request is supported by the head of the 'Germans Abroad' organisation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in spite of the basic attitude stated in your letter of 21st October 1935', an extract from the said letter appears as a postscript and states 'Except in cases where there are very special reasons, it is not the Fuhrer and Reich Chancellor's practice personally to receive our honorary consuls from abroad during their visits to Germany. Deviation from this rule would lead to criticisms or to burdening the Fuhrer with such a number of audiences as to be insupportable', with a brief A.N.S. by Otto Meissner (1880-1953, German civil servant, Chief of the Presidential Chancellery 1920-45) at the head, signed with his initial ('M'), stating that the request is not feasible, accompanied by a typed document containing various biographical details of Growth including his date of birth, religion, education, spoken languages, family etc.; a T.L.S., von Bulow-Schwante, by Vicco von Bulow-Schwante (1891-1970; German Diplomat who served as Chief of the Protocol Department of the Foreign Office), two pages, 4to, Berlin, 17th April 1937, to Otto Meissner, on the printed stationery of the protocol department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in German. Bulow-Schwante announces that on 29th & 30th April a second meeting of the joint committee established by the German-French-British agreement of 1935 on the tending of German war graves on British and French territory, as well as of British war graves on German territory, will take place in Berlin and continues to list the British, French and German delegates to be involved, including Sir Fabian Ware, General Sir George MacDonogh, the French ambassador in Berlin, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Vice-Admiral von Trotha etc. Bulow-Schwante further states that the previous meeting took place in London in 1936 and that the 'German members, together with the French, were on that occasion received by the British King and by the Duke of York' adding 'The British members who will be at the meeting have made known their wish to be received by the Fuhrer and Reich Chancellor' and remarking 'The Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly supports the reception they have requested, in which the participation of other members of the Committee, particularly the French, would no doubt also be considered', together with a typed carbon copy, unsigned, of Meissner's reply, one page, 4to, Berlin, 19th April 1937, in German; and several other letters relating to proposed meetings with Joseph Lyons Broderick of Balliol College, Oxford, Margaret Langford of Cheshire, Howard Hawkins of London etc. All with two file holes to the left edges, a few neatly clipped corners, and various official pencil annotations etc. Generally VG, 8