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Lee Harvey Oswald signed application to Albert Schweitzer College -- an application which he used as an elaborate ruse to enter Europe and then defect to the Soviet Union. A self-proclaimed Marxist, Oswald laid his plan for defection under the false pretense of enrolling at Albert Schweitzer College located in Switzerland. Once on the European continent, however, he bypassed Switzerland altogether, making his way to Finland and then onto the U.S.S.R. Application is dated 19 March 1959, with portions filled out by Oswald in his hand, including his full name, his age (20), other languages he spoke (Russian), and his exact address at the time. Signed ''Lee H. Oswald''. Document, measuring 8.25'' x 4.5'' on one page, has a chip to upper left and a hole at lower left, tape residue along split portions of document and minor creasing. Type and ink remain bold and very legible. Fascinating document providing insight into the man who would throw the nation into mourning less than four years later.
Lee Harvey Oswald Signed Application to Albert Schweitzer College in 1959 -- Upon Acceptance to the Swiss College, He at Age 20, Defected to the U.S.S.R.
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