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Hitler Jugend, The Hitler Youth Organization, Part 1
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force, Military Intelligence Research Section
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Condition: New. KlappentextThe Hitler Youth is not a Boy Scout or Girl Guide organization. It is in no respect comparable to any organization for young people known to the Western World. It is a compulsory Nazi formation, which has consciously sought to.
Hitler Jugend, The Hitler Youth Organization, Part 2
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force, Military Intelligence Research Section
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Condition: New. KlappentextThe Hitler Youth is not a Boy Scout or Girl Guide organization. It is in no respect comparable to any organization for young people known to the Western World. It is a compulsory Nazi formation, which has consciously sought to.
More imagesPublished by [London:] 1945, 1945
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Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United KingdomPeter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB.
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A confidential Anglo-American intelligence report on the Organization Todt, produced in the final few months of the war in Europe, highlighting its central role in the Nazi war effort and the threat it could pose as a force of last resistance. The Military Intelligence Research Section (MIRS) was a joint Anglo-American intellige…nce agency established in 1943 to analyse and exploit captured Axis documents. MIRS produced a series of handbooks on Nazi military and paramilitary organizations for Allied intelligence officers and military officials. This report charts the history of the organization from its founding in 1933 through to the war, where it assumed, under the control of Albert Speer, vast control over engineering and wartime infrastructure. It includes details on the organization's activities, uniforms, and insignia. There is respect for the organization - "It has carried out in the space of a little over five years, the most impressive building programme since Roman times. It has developed methods of standardisation and rationalisation in construction to an extent and on a scale heretofore unattempted". However, "OT is indispensable in any protracted resistance the Nazis may offer. Its officials are, with few exceptions, not only early and ardent Nazis belonging to either the SS or SA, but have been leaders of men for many years. Their connections with high officials of the SS and SA are both intimate and of long standing. Above all, their standing in the Party, combined with their technical qualifications, will earn them the confidence of Nazi leaders in any plans for a last-ditch resistance". Provenance: Evgenii Semenovich Mollo (1904-1985), a military historian specializing in uniforms and insignia, with his "Mollo Collection" bookplate to the front pastedown. Folio. With 7 plates of which 4 coloured, 11 folding plates, folding map. Original dark blue quarter cloth, cream boards printed in blue, string tied. Very minor wear at extremities, slight soiling to boards, short closed tear to title page, contents a little toned. A very good copy.
More imagesPublished by [London: 1944], 1944
- First Edition
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United KingdomPeter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB.
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A confidential Anglo-American intelligence report on the Reich Labour Service, produced ahead of the Allied advance into Germany, warning of the threat it poses as an ideologically committed force but also of the opportunity it presents if it could be commandeered for post-war reconstruction. The Military Intelligence Research S…ection (MIRS) was a joint Anglo-American intelligence agency established in 1943 to analyse and exploit captured Axis documents. MIRS produced a series of handbooks on Nazi military and paramilitary organizations for Allied intelligence officers and military officials. This report estimates the RAD's total strength at 300,000 men and notes its close ties to the Wehrmacht, with members increasingly committed to military action. It describes the organization's structure and insignia and traces its evolution from a voluntary labour service in 1931 to a compulsory state body in 1935, culminating in its full integration into the war effort. It highlights its threat: "For the occupying forces the entire German Labour Service may well pose a counter-intelligence problem of considerable importance since Nazi indoctrination has been carried out within its framework to a far-reaching degree, most of its members having been schooled in the Nazi creed ever since they were in the Hitler Jugend". However, it is "a ready instrument for reconstruction work in occupied countries once these have been freed, and it could be used in Germany itself for the maintenance or reconstruction of vital utilities, or the demolition of military installations. The RAD, when transformed into an instrument of peace, could easily become a valuable educational factor in post-war Germany". Provenance: Evgenii Semenovich Mollo (1904-1985), a military historian specializing in uniforms and insignia, with his "Mollo Collection" bookplate to the front pastedown. Folio. With 3 full-page illustrations. Original dark blue quarter cloth, grey boards printed in black, string tied. Minor pencilled annotations. Trivial wear at extremities, a few marks to covers, contents a little toned with some foxing. A very good copy.
More imagesPublished by [London: 1944], 1944
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A confidential Anglo-American intelligence report on the SA, produced as the Allies advanced into Germany. It provides considerable detail on the organization and Allied understanding of it. The report warns that the SA, as a paramilitary organization so deeply embedded in Germany, poses a serious threat to the Allies and must b…e totally destroyed. The Military Intelligence Research Section (MIRS) was a joint Anglo-American intelligence agency established in 1943 to analyze and exploit captured Axis documents. MIRS produced a series of handbooks on Nazi military and paramilitary organizations for Allied intelligence officers and military officials. This report covers the origin of the SA, the rise of the rival SS, the purge of Röhm, its declining power in the latter 1930s, and its wartime revival. It offers detailed information on the SA's regiments and commanders, training and records, uniforms and insignia, and terminology. The report stresses that the SA still numbered roughly 500,000 active members and concluded that the organisation must be "not only disbanded but completely wiped out. the SA with its ramified structure and wide range of duties is not only a valuable defence and security organisation on the German home front today, but presents a substantial counter-intelligence problem as a potential source of disturbance and conspiracy during and after the initial stages of the Allied occupation of Germany". Provenance: contemporary pencilled signature of "Captain Kettler", probably Hans Kettler, transferred to the Intelligence Corps in 1942, and who worked at the London Cage, Britain's interrogation centre for captured Nazis. "In the summer of 1944, he was listed as a captain on a regular emergency commission. Strong, die-hard Nazis were said to quail before him. Kettler was regarded as 'outstanding in his rough treatment of prisoners'" (Fry, p. 43). There are numerous ink annotations to the text, presumably Kettler's. The report was afterwards in the collection of Evgenii Semenovich Mollo (1904-1985), a military historian specializing in uniforms and insignia, with his "Mollo Collection" bookplate to the front pastedown and his stamps throughout. Helen P. Fry, The London Cage, 2017. Folio. With 3 coloured and 4 uncoloured plates, folding map. Original black quarter cloth, grey boards printed in black, string tied (ties renewed). Rubbed and a little worn at extremities, title page loose, browned, occasional chipping and closed tears. A good copy.
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Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United KingdomPeter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB.
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A confidential Anglo-American intelligence report on the Nazi paramilitary aviation organization, produced ahead of the Allied advance into Germany. The report provides extensive detail on the organization, including illustrations of its uniforms and maps of its bases. The Military Intelligence Research Section (MIRS) was a join…t Anglo-American intelligence agency established in 1943 to analyse and exploit captured Axis documents. MIRS produced a series of handbooks on Nazi military and paramilitary organizations for Allied intelligence officers and military officials. This report charts the origin and development of the corps, its ties with the Hitler Youth and Luftwaffe, its transformation during the war, and its uniforms, ranks, and insignia. The foreword observes that there is no clear distinction between the Luftwaffe and the NSFK, the latter serving as the chief training agency for the former. It notes the special threat the NSFK, with its 1,000 headquarters and 60 schools, will pose to the occupation authorities: "from an occupational counter-intelligence point of view the regional network of the NSFK may well be considered an establishment easily transformed into an organized set-up to function as a source of disaffection. Nazi 'ideological camaraderie' is especially evident in the units of this formation and it is certain the NSFK may boast a particularly strong grip on Germany's youth". Provenance: Evgenii Semenovich Mollo (1904-1985), a military historian specializing in uniforms and insignia, with his "Mollo Collection" bookplate to the front pastedown. Folio. With 2 coloured plates, folding map, folding diagram. Errata slip tipped-in preceding title page. Original dark blue quarter cloth, grey boards printed in black, string tied. Trivial wear at extremities, a few marks to covers, contents a little toned with some leaves browned, some with nicking or minor chipping at extremities. A good copy.
