A Large Document Collection To Policeman & Gestapo Member In Yugoslavia, Walter Heuer

Gestapo

A Gestapo letter, 210x299mm, extremely fine with two punched holes, stating that since Heuer has recently been made Kriminalassistent, he is recruited to the Gestapo department Hamburg. The letter is dated to November 18, 1940 and signed in black ink by the leader of the department Heinrich Seetzen (1906–1945).

A document, 210x156mm, very fine with folding creases, minor rips, and two punched holes, instructing Heuer to refuse any deployment in the event of a mobilisation to be available to the state police department. The document is marked “Geheim!” (confidential). It is dated to Hamburg on April 14, 1939.

A Wehrpaß note, 211x149mm, extremely fine with folding crease, stating that Heuer has to join the Geheime Staatspolizei (Gestapo) if he is ever ordered to do so. It is dated to March 29, 1940.

War crime investigation

A British transfer document, 167x138mm, very fine with scuffing and folding creases. It was issued by the British forces, stating that Heuer was released from C.I.E. (Civilian Internment Enclosure) Dachau on January 9, 1948 and transferred from Nuremberg to Hamburg. On the back it states that he was a member of the Gestapo and worked for the Commander of the Security Police in Yugoslavia, to where he might be extradited.

A declaration under oath, 211x298mm, very fine with minor tears and two punched holes. It is given by a former Gestapo member, Ernst Braun, stationed in Belgrade from 1943 to 1945. He declares that Heuer arrived for a similar deployment one or two months earlier in Belgrade than he did, and that Heuer only worked as a low grade clerk on Russian emigration tasks, and had nothing to do with Yugoslavs. The document is dated to Darmstadt on November 8, 1947.

A transcript of a war crime clearance, 203x267mm, extremely fine with folding crease and two punched holes. The document is written in English and states that Heuer will not be held any longer as a possible perpetrator of or witness to war crimes. It is dated to January 9, 1948.

Wehrmacht

A Wehrpaß, 105x145mm, very fine condition with creasing, and the body of the book has come loose from the cover. It is dated to Hamburg on September 30, 1936 and signed by a Lieutenant Colonel and Commander of the 1st Battalion of Infantry Regiment 47. The name is indecipherable.

The document also contains an ID issued for the British occupation zone, 79x122mm, fine with repairs, creases, and fading of the letters. The document is dated to July 17, 1948.

A certificate of good conduct, 147x210mm, very fine with noticeable tears along the folding creases, stating that NCO of the Reserve Walter Heuer served in the army from August 1935 to September 1936. He was deployed to the 4th Machine Gun Company of Infantry Regiment 47. His conduct was excellent.

The document is dated to Hamburg on September 30, 1936, and is signed in blue crayon by a Senior Lieutenant whose name is indecipherable.

Promotions and awards

A promotion certificate, 214x310mm, extremely fine with minor scuffing and two punched holes. It commemorates Heuer’s promotion from Polizeioberwachtmeister to Polizeirevieroberwachtmeister. It is dated to Hamburg on September 11, 1938 and signed in black ink. The signature is indecipherable.

An award certificate, 210x297mm, extremely fine with some discolouration. It states that Heuer has received the Police Long Service Award 3rd Class for eight years of service. It is dated to Berlin on November 29, 1938 and carries a facsimile of Chief of the Presidential Chancellery of the Führer and the Chancellor, Otto Meissner.

A promotion certificate, 219x313mm, extremely fine with minor scuffing and two punched holes. It commemorates Heuer’s promotion from Kriminalassistent on trial to full Kriminalassistent. It is dated to Hamburg on November 18, 1940 and signed in black ink by the leader of the state police department Heinrich Seetzen (1906–1945).

A certificate, 206x296mm, extremely fine with two punched holes. It states that Wachtmeister (constable) Heuer has passed a security police candidate seminar from October to December of 1936. The reverse lists his grades. The document is dated to Hamburg on December 21, 1936.

An appointment certificate, 205x296mm, very fine with folding creases, some discolouration, and two punched holes. It states that police student Heuer is appointed as Polizeiwachtmeister (constable). The document is dated to Dessau on June 7, 1934 and signed in black ink by Reich Governor in Brunswick and Anhalt, Wilhelm Loeper.

An appointment letter, 201x296mm, very fine with folding creases, age-related discolouration, and two punched holes. It states that Heuer has been appointed as Polizeischüler (police student). It is dated to Braunschweig on September 8, 1933, and signed in black ink by Reich Governor in Brunswick and Anhalt, Wilhelm Loeper.

A certificate for the Reich Sports Badge, 16 pages, 144x222mm, very fine with creases, scuffing, and age-related discolouration. It states that Heuer received the Sports Badge in Bronze on December 14, 1933.

Post war

A certificate, 161x189mm, near mint with two punched holes. It states that Heuer has worked at the Civilian Internment Camp Fallingbostel between March and June of 1948. It is dated to June 10, 1948, the signatures are indecipherable.

A national ID certificate, 210x296mm, extremely fine with folding creases. It states that Heuer is a German citizen. It is dated to September 21, 1956 and valid until September 20, 1961. The document is signed in blue ink by Regierungsoberinspektor Otersen.

Education

A high school leaving certificate, 209x307mm, fine condition with folding creases, fraying, discolouration, two punched holes, and being repaired. It is dated to Hamburg on March 19, 1927.

Another high school leaving certificate, 209x296mm, extremely fine condition with folding creases and two punched holes. It is dated to Hamburg on April 26, 1933.

A leaving certificate from an agricultural school, 4 pages, 209x332mm, very fine  with folding creases, age-related discolouration, and four punched holes. It states that Heuer visited the school from October 1928 to March 1929, and again from October 1929 to March 1930, and that he passed his exams.

Footnote: Jakob Walter Franz Heuer was born on October 14, 1912 in Schneverdingen (Lower Saxony, south of Hamburg). After finishing high school he initially went into agriculture, learning to become a farmer. However, in mid 1933 he joined the Schutz- und Landespolizei (security and state police) in Hamburg, initially for two years. Between August 1935 and September 1936 Heuer briefly joined the Wehrmacht and served in the 4th Machine Gun Company of Infantry Regiment 47. It must have not been to his liking though, as he was discharged at his own request, holding the rank of NCO of the Reserve. He rejoined the police and climbed the ranks. Shortly before the outbreak of the war Heuer was drafted into the Geheime Staatspolizei (Gestapo, Secret State Police). During the war he served in Yugoslavia under the local Commander of the Security Police, Emanuel Schäfer (1900–1974). This occupation proved to be unfavourable after the end of the war, as he was held in an internment camp to determine if he would have to stand trial for war crimes, and possibly even be extradited to Yugoslavia. However, eventually it was found that his function had been at such a low level that no charge could be made, and he was released.