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PARTISAN EXPERT General Max von Schenckendorff, field post letter, with signature of Max von Schenckendorff, 1941, scarce fine overall……….

Max von Schenckendorff (24 February 1875 – 6 July 1943) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was the commander of Army Group Rear Area behind Army Group Centre from March 1941 until his death. He is best known for organising the Mogilev conference, in which Wehrmacht and SS officers discussed “bandit fighting” tactics, meaning the mass murder of Jews and other real or perceived enemies. The conference resulted in an intensification of the genocide that was already taking place in Army Group Centre Rear Area.
Schenckendorff died on 6 July 1943 during a vacation in Karpacz in the Giant Mountains, of a heart attack