1941 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT AND PHOTGRAPHIC RELIC OF GERMANY'S INVASION OF GREECE DURING WORLD WAR II - ORIGINAL ONE OF A KIND PHOTOS TAKEN BY A GERMAN OFFICER

Katz Fine Manuscripts Verified independent store

→

On offer is a super, original, significant manuscript and photographic relic of the German invasion and occupation of Greece during World War II. Dated January 17th 1941 through th e invasion date of April 10th to the last handwritten date being April 19th 1941, [at picture #86 then there another 77 pictures in sequence though undated], Uffz. [Unteroffizier] A. Konig, apparently a German lieutenant, using a Greek accounting book created a photo journal and report for German Command with photographs and handwritten notes detailing with names, places, some anecdotes and dates of the German march from Hungary to Greece. The diary begins with photograph #1 in Hungary the troop, III/A.R.220 [Third Division Artillery Regiment 220] to Romania on to Greece and eventually Salonika. Tucked into the book is a double sided tally sheet detailing which of the 163 numbered photographs has been enlarged to 6 x 9 inches, those photos cropped and the number of copies made of each photo which in many cases numbered in the dozen to twenty or so. The 25 x 17 cm book save for some general soiling, the front cover binding is cracked and some of the pages have some light trauma overall the album is G.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF, GREECE, INVASION OF GREECE, GREEK, WORLD WAR II, WORLD WAR TWO, WWII, WW2, HITLER, NAZI, NAZI GERMANY, SALONIKA, THESSALONIKI, INVASIONS, BULGARIA, ROMANIA, HUNGARY, GREICH, KONIG, HELLENIC, HELLAS, MACEDONIA, OTTOMAN EMPIRE, BEGINNING OF WORLD WAR II, THE LEVANT, TRAVEL, HANDWRITTEN, MANUSCRIPT, DOCUMENT, LETTER, AUTOGRAPH, DIARY, JOURNAL, LOG, KEEPSAKE, WRITER, HAND WRITTEN, DOCUMENTS, SIGNED, LETTERS, MANUSCRIPTS, PHOTO ALBUM, PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM, HISTORICAL, HANDSCHRIFT, HANDGESCHRIEBEN, MANUSKRIPT, SÜTTERLIN, VON HAND GESCHRIEBEN, HANDSCHRIFTLICH, UNIKAT, EINZELSTÜCK, DOKUMENT, SCHRIFTSTÜCK, KURRENT, KURRENTSCHRIFT, DEUTSCHE SCHREIBSCHRIFT, OSTPREUßEN, KALININGRAD, ADEL, HOLOGRAPH, WRITERS, DIARIES, JOURNALS, LOGS, AUTOGRAPHS, PERSONAL, MEMOIR, MEMORIAL, PERSONAL HISTORY, ANTIQUITÉ, CONTRAT, VÉLIN, DOCUMENT, MANUSCRIT, PAPIER ANTIKE, BRIEF, PERGAMENT, DOKUMENT, MANUSKRIPT, PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO, ATTO, VELINA, DOCUMENTO, MANOSCRITTO, CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD, HECHO, VITELA, DOCUMENTO, MANUSCRITO, PAPEL, HANDSKRIFT, AUTOGRAFER, EGENHÄNDIGT, HANDSKRIVET, HANDSKRIVEN, MANUSKRIPT, BREV, SIGNERAD, SIGNERAT, SIGNATUR, NAMNTECKNING, AUTOGRAF, HANDSKRIFTER, Operation Marita Show more