HITLER ADOLF: (1889-1945) Fuhrer of the Third Reich 1933-45. A rare A.L.S., A Hitler, one page, oblong 8vo, Munich, 19th November 1935, to [Gerdy Troost] (´Dear and revered gracious Madam´), on Hitler´s personal printed stationery featuring the emblem of the Nazi Eagle and Swastika, in German. The Fuhrer writes, in full, (translated) ´Please accept with these flowers also my most heartfelt wishes for your recovery in your convalescence. Your most devoted.....´. Autograph letters of Hitler are rare and desirable and the present example has an excellent association linking the Fuhrer, who had a lifelong passion for architecture, with one of his earliest master builders, the architect Paul Troost. A series of heavy vertical creases run across the entire page, although only very slightly affect the text and signature, and with one small tear to the right edge. About G

Gerdy Troost (1904-2003) German architect, interior designer and interior decorator, the wife of Paul Troost. Gerdy Troost remained an architectural and design adviser to Hitler and his circle up to the end of World War II.

Paul Troost (1878-1934) German architect. Troost and Hitler first met in 1929 and the master builder would soon become Hitler's foremost architect. For a time Troost´s neo-classical style became the official architecture of the Third Reich. Hitler´s enthusiasm for Troost´s work never waned and his relationship to the architect was that of a pupil to an admired teacher.