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REINHARD HEYDRICH RSHA LETTER

Reichssicherheitshauptamt - RSHA
A RED BORDERED SCHNELLBRIEF FROM THE RSHA
IN BERLIN WITH A SIGNATURE OF
SS-OBERGRUPPENFÜHRER REINHARD HEYDRICH
Reichssicherheitshauptamt, Prinz Albrecht Straße 8 in Berlin
This is a fine original Reichssicherheitshauptamt (RSHA or State Security Head Office) red bordered Schnellbrief (Urgent Directive) to the Reichsstatthalter in Wien (Vienna) signed by the Chief of the RSHA, Reinhard Heydrich himself.

The letter, dated 16 October 1941, is addressed to Reichsstatthalter Baldur von Schirach, the highest Nazi government authority in Wien, that informs him that the Police President in Wien has been instructed to issue an exit/entrance visa for Italy in the passport of one Andreas Unterkofler, a Police Office employee. It goes on to say that Unterkofler will not need foreign currency for the trip and that it can not be obtained abroad through any German representative. Unterkofler countersigned this letter at the time he picked up his passport with the visa in it, on 21 October 1941.

Heydrich signature?
RSHA Chief, Reinhard Eugen Tristan Heydrich
We are convinced that the
handwritten signature in
ink is that of SS-Obergruppenführer and RSHA Chief, Reinhard Eugen Tristan Heydrich. Please click on this link to examine a very similar known Heydrich signature from 1939.
RSHA Prinz Albrecht Strasse
The letter is very clearly a matter of police business and is written on the official letterhead of Reinhard Heydrich’s office at the Reichssicherheitshauptamt, Prinz Albrecht Straße 8 in Berlin (photo right). It was definitely received and stamped by the Reichsstatthalter in Wien on 20 October 1941 with additional police filing notations on 21 October.
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