{"product_id":"germany-ss-a-promotion-recommendation-for-ss-sturmbannfuhrer-dr-gustav-schlotterer-g32809rl1","title":"Germany, Ss. A Promotion Recommendation For Ss-Sturmbannführer Dr. Gustav Schlotterer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA letter, measuring 209x296mm, near extremely fine condition with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003elight fraying, folding crease, and two punched holes. It was sent on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebehalf of the Chief of the Security Police and the SD (Security \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eService) to the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"m_8105449172651993651gmail-il\"\u003eSS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Personnel Main Department on May 7, 1941. The \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esender inquires if the Reichsführer-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"m_8105449172651993651gmail-il\"\u003eSS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e would approve the back-dated \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"m_8105449172651993651gmail-il\"\u003epromotions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e of Ministerialdirigent (head of a ministry section) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"m_8105449172651993651gmail-il\"\u003eSS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-Sturmbannführer Dr. Gustav Schlotterer, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"m_8105449172651993651gmail-il\"\u003eSS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Leader in the Staff of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"m_8105449172651993651gmail-il\"\u003eSS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Personnel Main Department, to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"m_8105449172651993651gmail-il\"\u003eSS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-Obersturmbannführer, dated to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eApril 20, 1939, to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"m_8105449172651993651gmail-il\"\u003eSS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-Standartenführer, dated to January 30, 1940, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eto \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"m_8105449172651993651gmail-il\"\u003eSS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-Oberführer, dated to April 20, 1941. The document is signed by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ean \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"m_8105449172651993651gmail-il\"\u003eSS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-Sturmbannführer, the name is indecipherable. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe letter is then forwarded to the Personal Staff of Reichsführer-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"m_8105449172651993651gmail-il\"\u003eSS \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHimmler with the note that the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"m_8105449172651993651gmail-il\"\u003eSS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Personnel Main Department supports \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethis recommendation and asks to be told the decision of Himmler as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esoon as possible. The document is dated to May 13, 1941 and signed in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eblue ink by an \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"m_8105449172651993651gmail-il\"\u003eSS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-Gruppenführer, his name could be Schmitt.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFootnote: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDr. Gustav Schlotterer (1906–1989) joined the NSDAP in 1923. He worked \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eas a financial editor for the NS magazine “Hamburger Tageblatt”, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebeginning in 1931. In 1933, he became president of the Agency for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEconomics in Hamburg. As such, he was very successful in dispossessing \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJewish businesses. In 1935, Schlotterer went to Berlin to become \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eassistant head of the Reich Economy Ministry. He joined the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"m_8105449172651993651gmail-il\"\u003eSS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1937, reaching his highest rank, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"m_8105449172651993651gmail-il\"\u003eSS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-Oberführer, in 1944. Since 1940, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSchlotterer worked as a head of a ministry section in leading the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003edepartment for the Eastern Territories of the Reich Economy Ministry. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe administered the assets of the conquered Soviet republics. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSchlotterer had become one of the leading members of the Reich Economy \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMinistry and the Reich Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46129696342293,"sku":"G32809.RL1","price":225.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/cc_0420_1.jpg?v=1692894576","url":"https:\/\/www.emedals.com\/products\/germany-ss-a-promotion-recommendation-for-ss-sturmbannfuhrer-dr-gustav-schlotterer-g32809rl1","provider":"eMedals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}