Auction 85 Part 1
Historical Militaria and Autographs - Day 1
By Alexander Historical Auctions LLC
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Oct 28, 2020
98 Bohemia Ave., St. 2, Chesapeake City, MD 21915, United States
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Nearly 1,600 lots of historical militaria from all conflicts; historical autographs and ephemera from all fields of collecting.
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LOT 570:
RAYMOND GEIST - SAVED GERMAN JEWS
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Sold for: $160
Start price:
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100
Estimated price :
$200 - $300
Buyer's Premium: 30%
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RAYMOND GEIST - SAVED GERMAN JEWS
(1885 – 1955) American Consul and First Secretary of the American Embassy in Berlin from 1929 to 1939. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum describes Geist as 'responsible for issuing tens of thousands of visas to German Jews fleeing Nazi persecution. He became convinced that Nazi officials were pursuing a goal of 'annihilation of the Jews, ' but his warnings were largely ignored in Washington. Rare A.L.S. as Consul in Berlin, 4pp. 8vo., [Berlin], Aug. 9, 1934 to American Consul in Hamburg, John G. Erhardt. Geist offers high praise to Erhardt for a report submitted by him to the ambassador. Last page mounted, file holes, else very good.
