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MANFRED FREIHERR VON KILLINGER
(1886 – 1944) Nazi Party deputy in the Reichstag and a leader of the Sturmabteilung, before serving as Saxony’s Minister-President. Purged during the Night of the Long Knives, he was able to recover his status, and served as Nazi Germany’s Consul in San Francisco between 1936 and 1939. As Ambassador to the Slovak Republic in 1940, he played a part in enforcing antisemitic legislation in that country. In early 1941, Killinger was appointed to a similar position in Romania, where he first became noted for supporting Ion Antonescu during the Legionary Rebellion. He attempted to gain Romania’s participation in the Final Solution, thus pressuring Romanian authorities to divert focus from their own mass murder of Jews. He committed suicide in Bucharest. Very rare photo 3.5 x 5.5 in. b/w, a Hoffmann chest-up portrait in uniform, his chest laden with medals, boldly signed in pencil on reverse