Website notes on this letter

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xxx

A wavy line in a letter indicates that Rudolf Hess was amused. He also inked a short line under the words "Umgebung, Tun und Lassen".

xxx is his brother Alfred's similar laughter-sign.

Grohé

Gauleiter von Köln

Butz

Nickname for Rudolf Hess's four-year old son Wolf-Rüdiger Hess.