The book by Nazi ideologue Alfred Rosenberg “Blut und Ehre: Ein Kampf für deutsche Wiedergeburt. Reden und Aufsätze von 1919-1933” – “Blood and Honor: Struggle for the German Rebirth. Speeches from 1919-1933,” Munich, 1942, dedicated to a Gestapo officer in the “Criminal Investigation Department” of the Łódź Ghetto Otto Stielzel by his Nazi comrades in the unit, with their handwritten signatures. August 8, 1942.
On the front flyleaf, a handwritten dedication reads:
“Unserem lieben Mitarbeiter Otto Stielzel zu seinem heutigen Geburtstag in Kameradschaft gewidmet. Kriminalpolizeistelle Litzmannstadt PSt. 1-3. Litzmannstadt, 8.8.1942.”
“To our dear colleague Otto Stielzel, on the occasion of his birthday today, dedicated in a spirit of comradeship. Criminal Police Station Litzmannstadt, Post 1-3. Litzmannstadt, 8.8.1942.” Signatories:
H. Krüger, R. Minnich, G. Bedenus, Schimmel, Ully, W. Kowin, A. Wuttke, R. Hintz, Selwutz, Sprinz, Schulz, J. Nitsche.
By 1942, tens of thousands of Jews had already been deported from the Łódź Ghetto to extermination camps, primarily to Chelmno. August 1942 marked one of the most horrific periods in the ghetto, with the beginning of the “Kinderaktion” (Children’s Operation), which continued in the following months. It is chilling to consider: while tens of thousands of Jewish men, women, and children were being sent to their deaths daily, SS officers gifted a birthday present – a book written by the chief racial theorist of Nazi ideology and a key architect of the extermination program, Alfred Rosenberg.
This book contains Rosenberg’s speeches, including his propaganda on the “Final Solution”, which he described as bringing a “new era” to Europe, and the role of the Nazi Party in implementing it.
384 pages. The dust jacket is affixed to the cover. Back dust jacket missing. Good condition.
