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Adolf Hitler - "Halbblut" aus seiner Bibliothek

Lot 4048
12.05.2023 10:00UTC +01:00
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€ 5 500
AuctioneerHermann Historica
Event locationGermany, Grasbrunn / München
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Lot 4048 | Adolf Hitler - "Halbblut" aus seiner Bibliothek
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€ 5 500
Band 38 von Karl Mays gesammelten Werken, 1916 im Karl-May-Verlag in Radebeul erschienen (Auflage 78.-85. Tausend), 603 Seiten, auf dem Titelblatt eigenhändige Tintenunterschrift Hitlers, etwa um 1920/25. Die Einbandinnenseite mit Vignette der Klagenfurter Buchhandlung Otto Worsch, der Rücken oberseitig bestoßen und leicht eingerissen.
Hitler war ein großer Anhänger der Werke Karl Mays und hatte sämtliche 60 Bände gelesen, er verdanke ihnen seine "Vorliebe für Geographie und das Lesen geographischer Karten" und habe schon bei Stockhieben seines Vaters für schlechte Schulnoten "Karl May rekapituliert" (vgl. Henry Picker, Hitlers Tischgespräche, S. 121, 125). Auch als Reichskanzler las er noch Karl Mays Geschichten und "empfahl sie seinen Generälen, denen er vorwarf, zu wenig Phantasie zu besitzen (vgl. Ian Kershaw, Hitler 1889 - 1939, S. 46).
"Halbblut" basierte auf den 1895/96 für die Zeitschrift "Der Gute Kamerad" von May verfassten Erzählungen "Der schwarze Mustang" und wurde 1916 posthum unter dem neuen Titel im Karl-May-Verlag veröffentlicht.
Adolf Hitler - "Halbblut" from his library
Volume 38 of Karl May's collected works. Published in Radebeul in 1916 by Karl-May-Verlag (78-85 thousand sold copies), 603 pages, the front page with Hitler's hand-written signature in ink, presumably dating from around 1920/1925. The inside front cover with the vignette of the Klagenfurt bookshop Otto Worsch, the spine bumped at top and slightly torn.
Hitler was a big fan of Karl May's works and had read all 60 volumes, he said he owed his (tr.) "love for geography and reading geographical maps" to May and he "recapitulated Karl May" when his father beat him with a stick for bad school marks (cf. Henry Picker, Hitlers Tischgespräche, p. 121, 125). As Reichskanzler he recommended May's books to his generals, whom he accused of a lack of imagination" (cf. Ian Kershaw, Hitler 1889 - 1939, S. 46).
"Halbblut" is based on May's story "Der schwarze Mustang", which was serialised in the magazine "Der Gute Kamerad" in 1895/96. It was published posthumously under a new title in 1916 by Karl-May-Verlag.
Condition: II -
Auction house category:Third Reich contemporary history
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