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‎Souvenirs littéraires de Maxime du Camp 1822-1894‎

‎Hachette Cartonné avec jaquette 1962 In-8 (21 x 15 cm), cartonné toile beige avec jaquette illustrée, 319 pages ; petite déchirure sur le premier plat de la jaquette, intérieur frais, très bon état général. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.‎

‎[Gendarmerie d'Ordonnace] Commission pour un rang de maître de camp de cavalerie.‎

‎Louis XVI (1754-1793), roi de France & Alexandre Marie Léonor de Saint-Mauris-Montbarrey (1732-1796), secrétaire d'état à la guerre. Commission pour un rang de maître de camp de cavalerie. P.S., 3 juin 1778, 1p in-folio (300*490mm) sur parchemin (peau de bête). Morceau de cachet aux armes de France. Commission exigeant que le second lieutenant Louis-Edmond, vicomte de Menou du Mée (1750-1829) soit traité avec un rang de maître de camp de cavalerie. La signature de Louis XVI est d'un secrétaire. Celle de Montbarrey est autographe. Ces documents concernant les compagnies de Gendarmerie sont rares. En effet, la Gendarmerie d'Ordonnance n'a connu qu'une quinzaine de compagnies et il n'en restait que 8 à la veille de la révolution française. En faire partie était un honneur rare et bien souvent les militaires qui descendaient en grade en l'intégrant. [289] ‎

‎Konzentrationslager Oranienburg. - [WHITEWASHING OF THE FIRST GERMAN CONCENTRATION CAMP]‎

‎Berlin, (1934). Original printed wrappers. a bit of wear to capitals with minor loss to top one. Notes to blank verso of final leaf. 246, (2) pp. ‎

‎First edition, first printing of this scarce account of the first German concentration camp, a whitewashing apologetic “Anti-Brown-Book”, in which the camp commander attempts to disprove allegations against the camp as “atrocious propaganda”. “The Oranienburg concentration camp was established as one of the first concentration camps on March 21, 1933, overshadowed by the Day of Potsdam. After the “Night of the Long Knives,” the SA-run camp was taken over by the SS in July 1934 and dissolved a little later… Initially SA-Regiment 208 (Standarte 208) established the Oranienburg concentration camp without notifying the responsible authorities in Berlin beforehand. The first inmates were 40 prisoners who were dragged to the small town 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) north of Berlin on the evening of March 21, 1933. The first concentration camp in Prussia was thus situated on the grounds of a former brewery on a main road in Oranienburg. From September 1933, subcamps existed at the Elisenau manor in Blumberg near Bernau and in Börnicke. (https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/oranienburg-1) “Seger managed to escape in December 1933, fleeing first to Czechoslovakia and later to the United States of America. His book on the terror in Oranienburg was one of the first books written about the conditions in a concentration camp from firsthand experience.” (Holocaust Encyclopaedia) “Only a few days after the establishment of the camp, SA Standartenführer Werner Schulze-Wechsungen transferred control of the camp to the Potsdam district president. Henceforth the camp as well as the guards were paid from tax money. In total, the German tax payer paid 280,000 Reichsmark (RM) between August 1933 and July 1934 to sustain the camp. Internment in the camp was initiated not only by the police and party authorities but also by local administrative authorities. Only because of its location in the town, the camp proved to be a “transparent concentration camp.” The town of Oranienburg had the political prisoners perform communal work. The camp commander, SA-Sturmbannführer Werner Schäfer, compiled an apologetic “Anti-Brown Book” (Anti-Braunbuch), in which he characterized allegations about the Oranienburg concentration camp as “atrocious propaganda.” Repeatedly he invited German and foreign journalists to tour the camp. A radio program “reported” from the concentration camp. The local press wrote extensively about the new institution. Also, movie theaters showed propagandistic photos of the new concentration camp. About 3,000 prisoners were deprived of their liberty in the Oranienburg concentration camp. The number of prisoners varied considerably. It rose rapidly until August 1933, from 97 to 911, but declined by the end of June 1934 to 271. The prisoners were mostly between the ages of 20 and 40, laborers, unemployed, from Berlin and from the area north of Berlin. Many were taken to Oranienburg after the dissolution of smaller Brandenburg concentration camps (including Alt Daber, Börnicke, Havelberg, and Perleberg) in June and July 1933. Prisoners from the concentration camps in Börgermoor, Lichtenburg, and Sonnenburg were interned at Oranienburg in September and October. Most of the inmates were members of the German Communist Party (KPD), the Social Democratic Party (SPD), and smaller left-wing organizations such as the Socialist Workers’ Party (SAP) and the German Communist Party Opposition (KPO). It is noteworthy that about 50 Jewish youths were also carried off to the camp from a home dedicated to advanced pedagogical ideas that was operated by the German Jewish Community Association (Deutsch-israelitischer Gemeindebund) in Wolzig. They had been abducted because of “Communist activities”.” (Holocaust Encyclopaedia)‎

‎Copie de la lettre qui [sic] Son Excellence le conte Henry de Bergh, maistre du camp generael de sa maiest: a escript à S. Alt: Seren: sur le subject des [sic] ses mescontentements & resolutions pour le bien du Pais.‎

‎Henri de Bergh (1573-1638), Copie de la lettre qui [sic] Son Excellence le conte Henry de Bergh, maistre du camp generael de sa maiest: a escript à S. Alt: Seren: sur le subject des [sic] ses mescontentements & resolutions pour le bien du Pais. La Haye, Anthoine Tongerloo, 1632. In-8, [8]p. Fameuse publication d'Henri de Bergh qui voulu se lever contre le gouvernement des espagnols contenant trois lettres : à l'infante Isabelle, aux prélats nobles et villes des provinces des Pays-Bas et aux militaires (la dernière en flamand). Il se plaignait notamment de ne pas avoir les moyens des ambitions. Bien que connu et apprécié à La Haye, ces lettres n'eurent aucune influence et aucun régiment ne se leva. Sous couverture bleue ajoutée anciennement. Rare document. [144] ‎

‎Lettre de M. Jullien, aide de camp de M. de La Fayette, à M. le Président du Comité des Recherches de l'Assemblée Nationale ; En réponse aux reproches que lui a faits M. l'Abbé de Barmont dans son discours‎

‎De l'Imprimerie de Guillaume Junior, rue de Savoye, n°11 Plaquette "In-8 (14 x 21 cm), plaquette, 7 pages, sans date, ""Lettre de M. Jullien, aide de camp de M. de La Fayette, à M. le Président du Comité des Recherches de l'Assemblée Nationale ; En réponse aux reproches que lui a faits M. l'Abbé de Barmont dans son discours"" ; mouillure dans le coin inférieur, par ailleurs assez bon état. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande."‎