ADOLF HITLER (1889 - 1945) Fuhrer of Germany and Nazi Party leader Hitler's bloody rise to power his military seizure of most of Europe and North Africa and his genocidal racial policies culminated in suicide in his Berlin bunker as Russian troops approached. Partly-printed D.S. 1p. large 4to. Berlin July 31 1937 a promotion of Major Gerhard Hennig commander of Panzerabwehrabteilung 24 to the rank of oberstleutnant. Co-signed by WERNER VON BLOMBERG (1878-1946) Minister of Defense and Supreme Commander of the German Armies early in Hitler's regime resigned following accusations that he had married a prostitute. With Hennig's 1926 driver's license with photo. File holes at left else very good. NOTE: Please see Lot 134 in Day 1 of our auction for a related Hitler signed document concerning the same Major Gerhard Hennig.