GENERAL AUCTION - TOYS, DIECASTS, COINS, RETRO ELECTRONICS, ANTIQUES & CLEARANCE
Lot 499:
Description
An original Third Reich era softcover diplomatic publication titled Documentos ácerca do Conflito com a Jugoslávia e a Grécia (Documents concerning the Conflict with Yugoslavia and Greece). The booklet was produced by the Auswärtiges Amt (German Foreign Office) in Berlin and dated 1941. It is identified as volume 1939/41 N.º 2 in the Foreign Office series. The text is printed entirely in Portuguese, intended for distribution in neutral Lusophone countries such as Portugal and Brazil. The front cover features the German national emblem, the Hoheitszeichen, depicting an eagle clutching a wreathed swastika. The content consists of a curated collection of diplomatic documents and reports translated into Portuguese to present the German government’s official narrative and justification for the invasions of Yugoslavia and Greece in April 1941. Interior pages include reports regarding ethnic German minorities (Volksdeutsche) in the Balkan region, specifically referencing a document from November 1928.
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