LETTER FROM MICHAEL WITTMANN TO A HJ

EXTREMELY ARE AND POIGNANT LETTER SENT BY MICHAEL WITTMANN TO A HITLER YOUTH FROM THE FRONT IN NORMANDY.
DATED 1ST AUGUST 1944 (HE WAS KILLED ONE WEEK LATER), THANKING HIM FOR HIS CONGRATULATIONS ON RECEIPT OF THE RK, OAKLEAVES AND SWORDS, "FROM THE HAND OF THE FUHRER".
SADLY HE CANNOT SEND A SIGNED PHOTO TO THE YOUTH, AS MANY OF HIS PERSONAL BELONGINGS AND HIS PHOTO POSTCARDS WERE DESTROYED BY ALLIED BOMBS.
HE SAYS YOU ARE AN OUTSTANDING GUY AND,YES LATER YOU CAN VOLUNTEER FOR SERVICE IN THE PANZER TROOPS OF THE WAFFEN SS.
GREETINGS FROM THE FIELD MICHAEL WITTMANN
LETTER HEADED FROM MICHAEL WITTMANN OBERSTURMFUHRER (ERASED) HAUPTSTURMFUHRER IN A PANZER UNIT OF THE WAFFEN SS.
FIELDPOST NUMBER;
59450
(12.3.1943-7.9.1943) Stab u. Einheit schwere Panzer-Abteilung
Generalkommando I. SS-Panzer-Korps Leibstandarte,

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