Scarce broadside in English and German, two adjoining 11.75 x 16.5 sheets, circa September 1944. Eisenhower’s proclamation to the people of Germany announcing the establishment of an Allied Military Government. In part: “I, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force, do hereby proclaim as follows:—I. The Allied Forces serving under my command have now entered Germany. We come as conquerors, but not as oppressors. In the area of Germany occupied by the forces under my command, we shall obliterate Nazi-ism and German Militarism. We shall overthrow the Nazi rule, dissolve the Nazi Party and abolish the cruel, oppressive and discriminatory laws and institutions which the Party has created. We shall eradicate that German Militarism which has so often disrupted the peace of the world. Military and Party leaders, the Gestapo and others suspected of crimes and atrocities will be tried and, if guilty, punished as they deserve. II. Supreme legislative, judicial and executive authority and powers within the occupied territory are vested in me as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces and as Military Governor.” Central vertical and horizontal folds (partial separations repaired to reverse) and overall wrinkling, otherwise fine condition. The United Press reported from Allied Supreme Headquarters in London on September 18, 1944, that ‘a broadcast message directed to Western and Southwestern Germany said that Eisenhower will exercise supreme legislative, judicial and executive authority in the theater under his command.’ RR Auction COA.
