Photos Of Ns Gauleiter Of Lower Franconia Otto Hellmuth

Measuring 13.1 x 18 / 18.1 x 13 cm; Date of items: 1936; Condition: very good, signs of aging.

A collection of photos of NS Gauleiter of Lower Franconia, Otto Hellmuth. A Gauleiter (Gau leader) was the leader of a regional branch of the Nazi Party. It was the second highest paramilitary rank, subordinate only to Reichsleiter (Reich leader) and the Führer.Otto Hellmuth (1896–1968) fought as a volunteer in WWI and received the Iron Cross 2nd Class and the Wound Badge in Silver. He became Gauleiter of Lower Franconia (renamed to Gau Mainfranken in 1935) from 1928 to 1945.

• Photo of Hellmuth and an officer, both in uniform, observing a sapper exercise in Stadtprozelten.

• Hellmuth at the initiation of district leader Wilhelm Wohlgemuth (1900–1978) in Alzenau.

• Election rally in Großostheim on the marketplace.

• Honour drink in Großostheim.

• Election rally in Großostheim, Hellmuth receiving flowers from a young boy.

• Marching at the election rally in Schweinheim.

• Holding a speech at the opening of the exhibition “Rhön – Spessart” in Aschaffenburg.

• At the district handover in Alzenau.

A piece of paper is included that is a form for indictment for wrongdoings of Nazi Party members in the Gau of Schwaben (Swabia). It has been left void. On the back are three photos (9.5 x 6.7 / 6.9 x 10 / 10.1 x 7), the first one showing an unknown Nazi official at a dinner, the second and third showing soldiers marching, with Hellmuth leading them. Four more loose photos are included (8 x 10.8 / 8.5 x 11.3 / 12 x 9 / 13.9 x 9). They show swimmers at a lake, possibly Hellmuth at the entrance of a building with a picture of Hitler above the door, a group of older men at a national event, and (mostly) civilians walking down the street in a parade-like setting.