Ernst Kaltenbrunner Signed Document

Ernst Kaltenbrunner Signed Document
A4 size document on official Dr. Ernst Kaltenbrunner stationary itis from Kaltenbrunner's office in Vienna , the document is dated 15.December 1941 and is signed by Dr. Ernst Kaltenbrunner in ink.The document/letter is addressed to SS-Gruppenfuhrer and Generalleutnant ofthe Police Erwin Rosener and is a Congratulatory message about the promotionand appointment to the higher SS.The document reads :The leaders of the SS upper section of the Danube and Higher SS and policeleaders Vienna, December 15, 1941 Parfring 8SS group leader Dr. KaltenbrunnerTo theHigher SS and Police Leader SS Group Leader and Lieutenant General of PoliceRosenerSalzburg.Dear comrade Rosener!I send you my congratulations on your promotion and appointment as Higher SSand Police Leader.With best regards andHeil HitlerYours Ernst KaltenbrunnerErnst Kaltenbrunner (4 October 1903 – 16 October 1946) was a high-rankingAustrian SS official during the Nazi era and a major perpetrator of theHolocaust. He was Chief of the Reich Main Security Office (RSHA), whichincluded the offices of Gestapo, Kripo, and SD, from January 1943 until theend of World War II in Europe.Kaltenbrunner joined the Nazi Party in 1930 and the SS in 1931, and by 1935he was considered a leader of the Austrian SS. In 1938, he assisted in theAnschluss and was given command of the SS and police force in Austria. InJanuary 1943, Kaltenbrunner was appointed chief of the RSHA, succeedingReinhard Heydrich, who was assassinated in June 1942.A committed anti-Semite and fanatical Hitler loyalist, Kaltenbrunner oversawa period in which the genocide of Jews intensified. He was thehighest-ranking member of the SS to face trial at the first Nurembergtrials, where he was found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity.Kaltenbrunner was sentenced to death and executed by hanging in October1946.This is an A4 size letter and is in amazing condition although it does haveto file holes on the left hand side and has a mild fold in the middle