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LEOPOLD BURKNER
LEOPOLD BURKNER
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(1894 - 1975) German admiral, served on torpedo boats in World War I, later serving on a pocket battleship that patrolled the Spanish coast during the Spanish Civil War and then commanded a light cruiser. In 1938 he became head of the foreign liaison section of the Abwehr. A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo., Sept. 23, 1961, in English to an American researcher, thanking him for meeting with him and the ‘wonderful’ dinner, adding: ‘...I shall do my best to [give] something interesting for you by the widow of Admiral [Wilhelm] Canaris. Give me a little time. I have to write many letters…’. Wilhelm Canaris (1887-1945), was a German admiral and head of the German intelligence agency Abwehr. Implicated in the July 20 bomb plot, Canaris was condemned to death and was walked naked and barefoot to the gallows at Flossenburg. Very good condition.
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