My father obtained this item from Himmler's home towards the end of WWII. He served in Germany after the war policing the area with his platoon. One day they made camp in Himmler's home in Waldurn Germany. Any way, Himmler just left the home in a big hurry not too long before my father's platoon arrived. Nearly everything Himmler owned in that house was still there. So my father and his buddies collected items as souvenirs. One of the items my father got is the cigarette box seen below. The amazing thing is, my father was not aware of the inscription inside the cigarette box until just a few years ago. My research indicates this item was probably given to Himmler by Goebbles as a gift when Himmler became a Riechsfuher in 1939. Even if two people hated each other, as in this case, gifts were still traditionally given, regardless of the individual's personal feelings for one another, when rank achievement was made. I am seeking a buyer interested in this item. Offers to buy are welcome.
A wooden cigarette dispenser.
Inscription on inside reads;
"Mach Den Reichsfurer SS Himmler J. Goebbels 1939 Saarbrucken"
Please Note:
This original, German military and
political collectible is offered for the historian, researcher, or collector.
Providing it for sale is not
meant to suggest sympathy or agreement with any philosophy or practice of Nazism
or its
beliefs, nor is it meant to be a
political statement of any sort. It has no connections to any political
organization or
factions of any kind.
(c)2011 Jean-Paul Tertocha