MARIA REITER LETTER TO HER LOVER, ADOLF HITLER: "I GREET AND KISS YOU..."

MARIA REITER LETTER TO HER LOVER, ADOLF HITLER: "I GREET AND KISS YOU..."
MARIE REITER (1911-1992), known as 'Mimi' or 'Mitzi'. Obersalzburg shop keeper intimately associated with Adolf Hitler. Hitler met Reiter when she was 16 and working in Obersalzburg. According to her account, the 37-year-old Hitler became friendly towards her and asked her out. At the end of the evening, he made a 'coarse' sexual advance towards her which she rejected, but they finally kissed. They had a number of other dates during which Hitler became increasingly passionate towards her. He told her he wanted her as his wife, but children were not a possibility until after he had 'saved Germany'. This plunged her into depression and in 1928 she attempted to hang herself. A short marriage was followed by a visit from Rudolf Hess. Reiter went to Berlin where she spent the night with Hitler and 'let everything happen'. Their last meeting was in 1938, when, according to Reiter, Hitler expressed dissatisfaction with his relationship with Eva Braun. Still wanting a family, she married an SS officer, later killed at Dunkirk. Hitler's sister Paula confirmed the relationship. Excessively rare A.L.S. 'Maria', with holograph transmittal envelope addressed to 'Adolf Hitler' and canceled in Prien, Apr. 19, 1945, 1p. 8vo., Prien, Apr. 19, 1945 - one day before Hitler's 56th, and last, birthday. In full: 'Dear Adolf! It is a special pleasure for me today to congratulate you on your birthday. Most of all I wish with all my heart that all your wishes may come true and that you won't have to be alone for long. May our Lord keep you a very very long time in good health and grant you and your courageous troops a speedy victorious peace. On your birthday I greet and kiss you especially fondly in love and loyalty. Your Maria'. Lightly toned and a bit brittle, else very good. Interestingly, Reiter has used a pseudonym in her return address on the envelope, which undoubtedly was known to Hitler and those receiving his mail. This letter is described in the works of Charles Hamilton, author of many autograph reference books, in this case 'Leaders & Personalities of the 3rd Reich: Their Biographies, Portraits, and Autographs'.