Signed photograph

Hedin, Sven

Editore: October 8, N.p., 1949

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Approx. 6" x 4" (including margins), signed in the bottom margin "Sven Hedin / 8.10.49." On the verso is a 20-line autograph note to "My dear Mrs. Seymour Blumfield." Generally fine. Hedin thanks Mrs. Blumfield for her letter, and notes that "yes, the world is crazy and cannot be built up again except by the help of Germany. As long as Germany is treated as a colony of black coolies, then there will be no order." Hedin was a complicated man and differing viewpoints of him abound. On the one hand he was a superlative explorer, and was liberal in his sharing of the results of his expeditions. On the other hand, "Hedin's conservative and pro-German views eventually translated into sympathy for the Third Reich, and this would draw him into increasing controversy towards the end of his life. Adolf Hitler had been an early admirer of Hedin, who was in turn impressed with Hitler's nationalism. He saw the German leader's rise to power as a revival of German fortunes, and welcomed its challenge against Soviet Communism. He was not an entirely uncritical supporter of the Nazis, however. His own views were shaped by traditionalist, Christian and conservative values, while National Socialism was in part a modern revolutionary-populist movement. Hedin objected to some aspects of National Socialist rule, and occasionally attempted to convince the German government to relent in its anti-religious and anti-Semitic campaigns" (Wikipedia).

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• Titolo: Signed photograph
• Editore: October 8, N.p.
• Data di pubblicazione: 1949
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
  • Photography
  • Exploration
  • Travel
  • Manuscripts