ADOLF HITLER, 'Mein Kampf'
1939 presentation wedding copy, printed by Waldheim-Eberle, Nachf, published by M. Müller & Sohn, Vienna VII, with dedication page 'The newlywed couple, with the best wishes for a happy and blessed marriage, presented by the city from the Mayor of the City of the Uprising' (Graz) with date inscription '3rd March(?) 1939', hardcover boards, front cover with Coat of Arms of the City of Graz.
Footnote: The Mayor of Graz was Julius Kaspar (April 7, 1888 – May 9, 1945, St. Veit, Graz), a German National Socialist politician and lawyer. Following Austria's annexation into the German Reich, he initially served as the acting head of the city government of Graz on March 12, 1938, before becoming the city's Lord Mayor in 1939, a position he held until the end of World War II. Kaspar held the rank of SS First Lieutenant (membership number 293072) and applied for membership in the NSDAP on May 27, 1938, backdated to May 1 of the same year (membership number 6,324,745). In 1940, he declared Graz a "Jew-free" city. Toward the war's end, he defied orders from Gauleiter Siegfried Uiberreither, including an instruction to destroy Graz's main bridge. While attempting to flee Graz, Kaspar was shot and killed near St. Veit by unknown assailants. The illegal activities of the Nazis during the Corporative State dictatorship led to Hitler awarding Graz the title of “City of the Popular Uprising”.
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