German surrender order goes up for auction

Marooned on a naval base in northwest Germany, pinned down by advancing Allied forces and Adolf Hitler dead, the last leader of the Third Reich hammered out the surrender order.

Seventy years later, the telex will be auctioned in New York. The flimsy sheet of pink paper, an incredibly rare relic from the world's deadliest conflict, is valued at $20,000 to $30,000.

In it, Karl Doenitz tells the head of the Luftwaffe, Field Marshal Robert von Greim, that he has signed an unconditional surrender, and that all hostilities will cease at 1:00 am on May 9, 1945.