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[WORLD WAR II]. [NAZI HIGH COMMAND]. Album of 25 original black and white photographs of members of the Nazi High Command inspecting naval ships and bases, many with manuscript captions in an unknown hand (“Flottenfahrt 22 u. 23 Mai 1933”). Photos are 127 x 178 mm. All photos mounted on stiff paper mounts (170 x 218 mm; photos are toned, somewhat soiled). Album is string-bound multi-colored cloth, decorative paper pastedowns, many photos with spiderweb tissue-guards (binding heavily worn, generally soiled, first and last mounts are loose, (last mount has no photo or caption), first tissue guard stamped in ink: “Not for Publication” and “Passed by Examiner”, some chipping, wear to mounts). Several prominent Nazis appear in these photos, including: Adolf Hitler (in 12 photos), Hermann Goering (2 photos), Joseph Goebbels (3 photographs, possibly 4, 1 is a partial profile at the far-right margin), Franz Von Papen (17 photos), Heinrich Himmler (1 photo, partially visible), Rudolf Hess (2 photos) and many more as yet unidentified. Photos are possibly unpublished.