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Signed Note from Walther Funk *NUREMBERG* RARE!

Walther Funk (18 August 1890 – 31 May 1960): Hitler’s Minister of Economics from 1938 to 1945; succeeded Dr. Hjalmar Schacht as Head of the Reichsbank. Closely involved in the State confiscation and disposal of the property of German Jews. Sentenced to life at Nuremberg (released 16 May 1957 on ill health).

Originally signed note from the Nuremberg Trials, from Walther Funk, Reich Minister for Economic Affairs 1938-45. The letter reads, Cell 41 (Nuremberg), 1st October 1946 (the date the Nuremberg sentences were handed down), to an unidentified recipient, in German. Writing in bold pencil Funk states “I request a discussion with my counsel, Dr. Fritz Sauter”. With two typed annotations at the foot of the letter. Signed Walter Funk