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HISTORICA 1933–1945 – EXTENSIVE ESTATE AND DOCUMENT COLLECTION Dr. Gerhard Behrmann (among others) - HISTORICA 1933–1945 – EXTENSIVE ESTATE AND DOCUMENT COLLECTION Dr. Gerhard Behrmann (among others)  Category: Contemporary History, Militaria, Documents & Philately World War II.  Description: A rich and historically highly interesting collection from a personal or family estate, primarily related to Staff Surgeon Dr. Gerhard Behrmann (Frankfurt a.M. / Justiniansstraße).  Contents in detail: 1. Documents & Forms: German Reich ”Arbeitsbuch” (workbook), Wehrmacht waybills (including route Frankfurt/Main – Riga, dated 1944 with corresponding office stamps), rare printed announcements/postings (”Order on the formation of a ghetto in Riga and the treatment of Jews” and ”Order on the resettlement of Jews into the ghetto”, dated Riga, October 23, 1941, issued by the District Commissioner Riga-Stadt). Also, forms of the Allied Military Government in Germany (”Military Government of Germany - Temporary Registration”). 2. Photographs & Certificates: Large-format, cardboard souvenir photo of a Wehrmacht unit with inscription ”In memory of my service – II. Platoon 2. (E) J.R. 13 Ludwigsburg 1939”. Several framed portrait photographs of soldiers/officers in uniform (partly with decorations), including a framed commemorative sheet for ”Uffz. Bückle for good service as a soldier [...] In the field, Christmas 1940”. Numerous private postcards and topographical photo postcards (e.g., Schwalmstadt, Frankfurt, alpine motifs). A contemporary photograph of a parliamentary/session meeting (Reichstag). 3. Correspondence & Philately: Extensive lot of used field post and airmail letters as well as postcards (period approx. 1935–1944). Including items with special postmarks (e.g., ”Postcard Saar Plebiscite January 13, 1935”, ”Olympic Games Berlin 1936”), foreign mail/censorship mail from Switzerland (Helvetia frankings via Davos-Dorf to Germany to Staff Surgeon Dr. Behrmann) and various field post letters with typical troop and censorship stamps. 4. Press & Printed Materials: Newspaper and magazine fragments (e.g., ”Das Deutschland”, issue ”Nürnberg – Heft 8”, issue ”Deutsche Zeitung im Ostland” with articles on economic organization in the East).  Condition: Signs of age and wear, partly folded, stained or with marginal lesions, paper partly discolored due to age. Overall in authentic, untouched original condition. Inspection highly recommended. Perfect item for contemporary historical research, local collectors (Frankfurt a.M.) or specialists in World War II postal history.