Telegram Marinenachrichtendienst dated 23 April 1945 at 16.00, Geheim noted in red and addressed to Gauleiter Giesler at Munich. Half-size. Telegramme Marinenachrichtendienst en date du 23 avril 1945.

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Telegramme Marinenachrichtendienst » en date du 23 avril 1945 a 16.00, note en rouge geheim et adresse au Gauleiter Giesler a Munich. Demi-format. Le Fuhrer souhaite qu’en votre qualite de RVK, vous preniez toutes les decisions urgentes. Envoyez immediatement au combat, sans egards, et sous surveillance tous les etats-majors devenus superflus dans les services civils. La decision sollicitee au sujet des services militaires interviendra ulterieurement. Bormann. Il est a noter que cette piece comporte une correction a l’encre IN qui est de la main de Bormann. Format 21x15cm. Coins colles au scotch sur une feuille de carton vert. Legeres salissures et petites pliures. Traduction originale manuscrite du capitaine Leroy en français jointe. Ce telegramme illustre bien la conduite de la guerre totale decidee par Hitler dans les derniers jours. Toutes les personnes en âge et en condition de porter une arme seront sacrifiees sans egards. Ces documents ont ete recuperes par le capitaine Michel Leroy dans le bunker d’Hitler a Berlin ou il etait entre en fraude en novembre 1945. Ces archives se trouvaient sur la table du bureau personnel de Martin Bormann. L’histoire de leur decouverte a donne lieu a un documentaire sur la chaine RMC en 2019 intitule Fuhrerbunker, les dernieres archives et la publication d’un livre, traduit en trois langues Les dernieres archives du Bunker par Paul Villatoux et Xavier Aiolfi aux editions Memorabilia. Telegram Marinenachrichtendienst dated 23 April 1945 at 16.00, Geheim noted in red and addressed to Gauleiter Giesler at Munich. Half-size. The Fuhrer wishes that, in your capacity as RVK, you make all urgent decisions. Send immediately into battle, without regard and under surveillance all staff that have become superfluous in the civil service. The decision sought regarding military services will be made later. Bormann. Note that this document has a correction made in ink, In, which is in Bormann’s own hand. Format 21 x 15 cm. Corners sellotaped on a sheet of green card. Slight stains and small creases. Original handwritten translation in French by Captain Leroy attached.This telegram illustrates the conduct of the total war decided by Hitler during these last days. All persons of age and condition to carry a weapon will be sacrificed without regard. These documents were salvaged by Captain Michel Leroy from Hitler’s bunker in Berlin, where he had secretly entered in November 1945. These archives were found on Martin Bormann’s personal desk. The story of their discovery was the subject of a documentary on the RMC channel in 2019 entitled Fuhrerbunker, the Final Archives and also the subject of a book The Final Archives of the Fuhrerbunker by Paul Villatoux and Xavier Aiolfi published by Memorabilia and which has been translated into three languages. Etat II+.