Dr. Ley, Reich Organizationleiter.

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1939

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Digitized by the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library.

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Negative of an art work depicting a portrait of Dr. Ley, Reich Organizationleiter. Info card attached reads "Dr. Robert Ley- Head of the Arbeits Front (Labor Front), who was to have been a defendant at Nuremberg, had hanged himself in his cell before the trial began. A chemist by profession and a habitual drunkard. Ref: The Rise and Fall in the 3rd Reich by Wm. L. Shirer. Source: Hitler. Govt. Collection # G.O.1.5260.47. Oil on masonite board, 37 x 59. By W. O. Pitthan [WOP], 1939.
The dimensions according to the list by the Army Art Collection of the U.S. Army Center of Military History are 59 x 37.5 and the title is "Dr. Dey."

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The images in this collection are for study purposes, teaching, classroom projection and research only. Permission to publish these digital files in any form must be obtained from the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, 806-742-9070 or e-mail reference.swco@ttu.edu.

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