Can anyone tell me where I can find out if a confession letter from WW2 German Commander is worth anything?

Question

When my father was in Germany in 1943-44, he was assigned to help clean up a concentration camp. During the time he was there, he was given or somehow got hold of a confession letter from the commander of three camps.
My sister and I ran across it the other day and we were just wondering if anyone knew if it would be worth anything?

Answer 1

Historical and antique significance. You need to find a professional analyst to get specifics together for you. Talk to an antique specialist who works with military items. I don't know that you will get rich off of this, but you may be surprised all the same. If nothing else, maybe folks at this website can better direct you.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/roadshow/

Answer 2

If it can be authenticated it is invalueable. A museum or a collector would pay a good sum of money for such a treasure. Especially if the officer is someone famous like Rudolf Hess or some other famous Nazi. I would love to see the letter. Would you send me a copy ? Perhaps a picture to my email address? I would really appreciate it. Thank you

Answer 3

Fascinating! What did it say? I'd love to read the text of it.

Perhaps you could show a copy to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Maybe then he'll believe that the Holocaust occured!

I don't imagine you'll be able to retire on it, but historically, I think it's really valuable.

Answer 4

it would be hard to tell if it was authentic without another handwritting sample to be compared to and a professional analyst to compare the two but, that is very interesting you should look into it further.

Answer 5

Wow that's so awesome. i would love to read it! I'm not sure if it has much monetary value but I can think of a number of museums that would adore it.

Answer 6

if you can authenticate it, it may be of some value