Lot 598
A Polish Catholic Is Arrested For Cooperating With Jews. Partly-printed typed document signed by Heinrich Müller, Hitler's Gestapo chief who oversaw the implementation of Hitler's policies against all groups deemed a threat to the state, 1p, 10¼ x 8¼ in., in German. Secret State Police, Cracow, 5 June 1944, Headed "Protective Custody," the document identifies Jan Dzielski, born on 15 February 1905, as a married Catholic Polish worker living in Cracow. He is being detained because of cooperating with Jews. Portion torn off from blank bottom left corner. Fine condition. This document was issued the day before D-Day. Polish Catholics as well as Jews were sent from Cracow to Auschwitz. At this same time, a 24-year-old Polish Catholic student named Karol Wojtyla was in his second year secretly studying for the priesthood in Cracow's underground seminary run by Adam Stefan Sapieha, Archbishop of Cracow. In 1963, Wojtyla became Archbishop of Cracow and, in 1978, Pope John Paul II.
Estimated Value $600 - 800.
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