Offered for sale is a very rare original 1944 letter
SIGNED BY THE COMMANDER OF THE 12. SS-PANZERDIVISION HITLERJUGEND
SS BRIGADEFÜHRER & GENERALMAJOR DER WAFFEN-SS FRITZ WITT
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Fritz Witt (27 May 1908 – 14 June 1944) was a Waffen-SS commander during the Nazi era. During World War II, he served with the SS Division Leibstandarte before taking command of the SS Division Hitlerjugend. He was killed in action in June 1944.
Offered here is a letter, dated 8 June 1944 in which SS-Brigadeführer and Major General of the Waffen-SS Fritz Witt, in his position as the commander of the 12. SS Panzerdivision ‘Hitlerjugend’ informs the mother of a SS-Rottenführer that her son fell for Germany a day before. Here is the text followed by the translation of the entire letter which Witt then signed:
Sehr geehrte Frau Döll!
Ich habe heute die sehr schwere Pflicht Ihnen mitteilen zu müssen, dass Ihr Sohn, der SS-Rottenführer Siegfried Döll, gestern bei seinem Meldegang getreu seinem Fahneneide, im Kampf für Deutschland gefallen ist. Durch Ausfall des Funkgeräts seiner Gruppe hatte Ihr Sohn den Auftrag eine Meldung an die in der Nähe liegende Panzerkompanie überbringen. Er konnte die wichtige Meldung an den Einheitsführer geben. Auf dem Rückweg zu seiner Gruppe wurde Ihr Sohn von einem Granatsplitter im Oberschenkel getroffen. Durch den sehr starken Beschuss war eine Bergung durch seine Kameraden nicht sofort möglich. Ich spreche Ihnen auch im Namen seiner Kameraden meine tiefe Anteilnahme aus.
Der Divisionskommandeur
Dear Mrs. Döll,
Today, I have the very painful duty of informing you that your son, SS-Rottenführer Siegfried Döll, fell in battle for Germany yesterday while carrying out a dispatch mission, true to his oath of allegiance. Due to a radio failure in his squad, your son was ordered to deliver a message to a nearby tank company. He succeeded in delivering the important message to the unit commander. On his way back to his squad, your son was struck in the thigh by a piece of shrapnel. Due to the intense enemy fire, his comrades were unable to retrieve him immediately. I offer you my deepest condolences, also on behalf of his comrades.
The Division Commander
Only six days after Witt signed the letter he was killed in action himself when a Royal Navy artillery barrage hit the divisional command post in Normandy, France!
More about SS-Brigadeführer Fritz Witt: Fritz Witt – Wikipedia
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