Lot 489
Dwight D. Eisenhower Proclamation No. 1 to the People of Germany. 20 x 20½ in. Text in English and German. Headed: "Military Government -- Germany/ Supreme Commander's Area of Control / Proclamation No. 1." In part, "To the People of Germany: I, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force, do hereby proclaim as follows: - The Allied Forces serving under my command have now entered Germany. We come as conquerors, but not as oppressors. In the area of Germany occupied by the forces under my command, we shall obliterate Nazi-ism and German Militarism. We shall overthrow the Nazi rule, dissolve the Nazi Party and abolish the cruel, oppressive and discriminatory laws and institutions which the Party has created. We shall eradicate that German Militarism which has so often disrupted the peace of the world. Military and Party leaders, the Gestapo and others suspected of crimes and atrocities will be tried and, if guilty, punished as they deserve…."
Eisenhower suspends all German courts and educational institutions within the occupied territory and and instructs all officials, employees and workers to remain at their posts until further orders. The poster is toned (slightly darker in lower left quadrant); several edge chips, ragged at lower left corner, not affecting text, and normal folds. Lower left corner has "(9/44) (37657) 10,000." This poster-size proclamation is extremely rare.
Estimated Value $800 - 1,000.
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