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LOT 41:
A ballot for the Nazi party in the Sudetenland after its annexation to Nazi Germany - the last "elections" held ...
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A ballot for the Nazi party in the Sudetenland after its annexation to Nazi Germany - the last "elections" held before the outbreak of war. Germany, 1938
"Further elections in Sudeten Germany for the Greater German Reichstag". A ballot for the Nazi party in the Sudetenland in German-occupied Czechoslovakia, after it was annexed to the territory of Germany in the summer of 1938. Like the other "Nazi ballots", this was a deception and fraud, as if Hitler was elected in a democratic election. On the back of the note is affixed the local stamp with which these notes were sent to citizens.
The note read: "Vote. Do you confess to our leader Adolf Hitler liberating the Sudetenland, and will you vote for the election of the Nazi German Workers' Party. This is the list of the names of the following at the top: 1. Adolf Hitler 2. Konrad Heinlein 3. Karl Hermann Frank. The "Voter" should have marked the large circle above which the inscription "Yes", and next to it a small circle above which the inscription "No" appears.
Hitler demanded that the president of Czechoslovakia annex the Sudetenland to Germany on the grounds that most of it is inhabited by Germans who do not enjoy equal rights as stipulated in the minority agreement. In response, Czechoslovakia rejected Hitler's demand, and the Czech government even announced that if attacked it would fight for its independence. In the summer of 1938, Hitler ordered the Wehrmacht to prepare for an invasion of the Sudetenland, thus raising the military tension in the region. To settle the conflict, the French and the British turned to Eduard Benesch, the president of Czechoslovakia, and demanded that he grant broad autonomy to the Germans who lived in the Sudetenland. After Hitler radicalized his positions and demanded the unconditional annexation of the rope to Germany, Great Britain and France gave in to his demands, and finally it was annexed following the Munich Agreement, which was signed on September 29, 1938. After the annexation, the Nazis made an attempt to give the process a "democratic" appearance, and the citizens were asked to "choose " in the ruling Nazi party.
21x15 cm. Very good condition.
