HEMINGWAY ERNEST Typed Document Signed deposition defending

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"'A FAREWELL TO ARMS' . . . WAS BANNED AND BURNED BY THE GERMANS" HEMINGWAY, ERNEST. Typed Document Signed, deposition defending business executive Leonhard M. Kluftinger from accusations that he harbors Nazi sympathies. With notary ink stamp and signature at lower left of second page. 2 pages, folio, onionskin paper, margins ruled in red, written on two sheets; staple holes at upper left, paper clip impression at upper edge. New York, 18 December 1946

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"Ernest Hemingway . . . deposes and says: . . .
"That this affidavit is voluntarily offered by deponent, to be used in the defense of Leonard M. Kluftinger, whom deponent has known for about seventeen (17) years, and who is now involved in a denazification trial in Germany.
"That deponent is the author . . . of . . . 'A Farewell to Arms', which book was banned and burned by the Germans in their original burning of books.
"That deponent has served as a War Correspondent . . . has conducted reconnaissance with the French Maquis units . . . and was with the first American troops to enter Germany on the 14th of September, 1944.
"That deponent was also with the American troops at . . . the Battle of the Bulge.
"That in the Fall of 1929 at #6 Rue Ferou . . . deponent . . . heard Mr. Kluftinger speak strongly against Hitler. . . ."