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1942 ORIGINAL HEINRICH HIMMLER SIGNED SCHUTZPOLIZEI PROMOTION DOCUMENT – HEINRICH SCHULTZ – SS-STANDORTFÜHRER KIROVOGRAD – HITLER APPOINTMENT
Original August 1942 Third Reich promotion document bearing the large handwritten ink signature of Heinrich Himmler, Reichsführer-SS and Chief of the German Police, concerning the promotion of Heinrich Schultz from Major der Schutzpolizei to Oberstleutnant der Schutzpolizei. Issued by the Reichsminister des Innern (Reich Minister of the Interior), the official document is titled Vorschlag zur Ernennung (Proposal for Appointment), dated 28 August 1942 at the Feld-Kommandostelle des RFH, and carries the distinctive original signature of Himmler beneath the notation “In Vertretung” (On behalf of / By proxy). The document bears the official receipt stamp of the Präsidialkanzlei des Führers und Reichskanzlers, dated 28 August 1942, together with reference number RP 10540/42. It also records that the Head of the Party Chancellery raised no objections to the appointment. The lower section contains the subsequent appointment authorization dated 26 August 1942 at Führerhauptquartier, issued in the name of the German people under Adolf Hitler's authority, with “gez. Adolf Hitler” indicating a printed signature notation rather than an original Hitler autograph. Additional Presidential Chancellery processing entries include the date 29 August 1942 and the printed name of Dr. Otto Meissner. Accompanying personnel documentation provides particularly interesting information about Schultz, born 3 November 1890 in Ahrensbök, Lübeck, and residing at Thielengasse 15 in Hamburg. His proposed assignment is recorded as “SS- und Polizei-Standortführer in Kirowograd” (SS and Police Garrison Commander in Kirovograd, occupied Ukraine), with an additional reference to command of a medium or larger Schutzpolizei command. His documented career includes military service from 12 October 1910 to 30 November 1919, release from prisoner-of-war captivity, and subsequent advancement through the German police, attaining Polizeileutnant in 1921, Polizeioberleutnant in 1923, Polizeihauptmann in 1930, and Major der Schutzpolizei on 20 April 1937. His political and SS affiliations are also recorded, including NSDAP membership beginning 1 May 1933, membership number 1,864,341, and the rank of SS-Sturmbannführer. The personnel record additionally identifies his participation in a veterans' organization associated with Infantry Regiment 141 and records that his promotion would not adversely affect the advancement of officers recalled to active military service. A historically significant original document connecting Heinrich Himmler, the German police and SS command structure in occupied Ukraine, the Reich Interior Ministry, and Hitler's Presidential Chancellery, particularly desirable for its prominent original Heinrich Himmler signature and accompanying detailed personnel records.
