Papers from the Reich Chancellery

[merdock]

Hi,
Here we have some items picked up in Berlin from the Reich Chancellery not sure if they are common or not but thought I'd post them any way, there's a book of meal tickets ,couple of train tickets and what the others are I'll leave that to you.
All the best Mark

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[Br. James]

Hi Mark,

I suppose "common" is one way of categorizing these documents, most of which relate to the business conducted by the Führer's Private Office department in the New Reichschancellery...the department headed up by Reichsleiter Philipp Bouhler until 1944, when Reichsleiter Martin Bormann finally succeeded in pushing Bouhler aside and incorporating his entire department into Bormann's own fiefdom -- the Party Chancellery. Blank invoice statements, a merchandise delivery tracking form; unused meal tickets issued by the cafeteria in Bouhler's departmental section of the building; apparently unused tickets to the 'Home Museum,' a local museum in the Spandau district in the western part of the city near the Berlin-Staaken Airport; and a "boilerplate" response form used by the Main Office for Pardons within Hitler's Private Chancellery to acknowledge incoming requests for legal clemency...one of the major functions of this department. Interesting documents which provide a glimpse of everyday life within the Government Quarter of Berlin at the end of the Nazi era.

Br. James

[armorrich]

Thank you Br. James for identifying these interesting documents. As you say...a nice peek into the lesser known environs of that place......

Best, Rich

[merdock]

Hi,
Thanks very much Br.James for identifying them.
Mark