A
famous page of the Goebbels diaries, in California,
Koblenz, and Moscow: Goebbels comments on the
liquidation of the Jews in occupied
Poland. Image
on right: David Irving's pictures of the
microfiches of the Goebbels diaries and the boxes
in the Moscow archives before he opened them in
1992.
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Important
private diaries and papers of Joseph Goebbels
found The
François Genoud collection is now up
for sale WE
ARE asked today to offer for sale all the truly
private papers of the young Joseph Goebbels. They
were once owned by the late François Genoud,
a Swiss businessman who acquired literary rights to
all the writings of Adolf Hitler, Martin
Bormann, and Joseph Goebbels.
Genoud
moved swiftly after WW2 and signed binding and
legal contracts with their lawful heirs when he
purchased the files from them. This
latest cache includes forty-six files with hundreds
of pages of unknown diaries, literary works, and
letters (and even locks of hair of his first
girlfriend Anka Stalherm). The papers total about
3,200 pages, and occupy about 1.5 feet (50cm) of
shelf space. The find throws an extraordinary light
on the early years of Hitler's propaganda minister
and evil genius, and on his brain, his education
and intelligence. CLICK
FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL THE ITEMS IN THIS
EXTRAORDINARY FIND (PDF,
24KB)
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We
would hope that an institution or person will
purchase the entire collection, so that it remains
intact for researchers. Otherwise it will be broken
up and sold as individual items, "an alternative I
find most upsetting," as the current owner
writes.
"I TAKE it that I can
reveal Genoud as the source? I knew him well, a
good friend, and he provided me with exclusive
access to his collections for my works on Hitler
and Goebbels. I was sorry when he fell seriously
ill and ultimately chose to take his own life. I
have no doubt that this is a genuine and very
important collection indeed.
" -
David Irving, author of the first standard
biography of Goebbels to be based on the diaries.
He was the first to retrieve the diaries from the
KGB archives in Moscow in 1992. For
details on the vendor please write to us.
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