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Closing statement presented by Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel at the Nuremberg Trials, and an essay on the chain of command under Hitler

Closing statement presented by Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel at the Nuremberg Trials, and an essay on the chain of command under Hitler Two versions of Keitel's closing statement before the International Military Tribunal: - He did not want the war and he did not give orders, he just passed them on; - He considers himself not guilty. Essay on the chain of command under Hitler.

File Number : 33

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : German

Report prepared by Professor Peter-Heinz Seraphim, regarding the Solution of the "Jewish Problem" in Ukraine, 02/12/1941

Report prepared by Professor Peter-Heinz Seraphim, regarding the Solution of the "Jewish Problem" in Ukraine, 02/12/1941 Murder of the Jewish population in Ukraine will harm the fighting ability of the Wehrmacht, and will cause ramifications in the economic area afterwards, due to the Jews being the main portion of the skilled workers and workers in industry; the German authorities' hatred of the Jews; involvement by Jews in acts of sabotage that do not endanger the Wehrmacht; implementation of executions of Jews in Ukraine by the Ordnungspolizei - ORPO (Order Police), by the Ukrainian Militia, and by...

File Number : 250

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German

Letter sent by the Staatssekretär des Auswärtigen Amts (General Secretary of the Foreign Ministry) Ernst Von Weizsäcker, regarding the establishment of an Arab Division and an Indian Division, 1941 Information received by the Abwehr, German Army Intelligence department of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht - OKW (Supreme Command of the Wehrmacht), that the German Foreign Ministry is dealing not only with the establishment of an Indian Division but also with the establishment of an Arab Division; request by Ambassador Grobba, who is responsible for the establishment of the two divisions, to make contact with...

File Number : 215

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German

Reports of the Sicherheitspolizei (SIPO-Security Police) and the Sicherheitsdiens (SD-Security Service) headquarters regarding military and political activity during the occupation of the Soviet Union: Report No. 23, 15 July 1941 Part 1 - Political events: Finding kindling material in the Generalgouvernement and the uncovering of underground groups in the Protectorate; acts of sabotage in the Netherlands and Yugoslavia including damage to communication lines and to railroad tracks); Part 2 - Reports from the Einsatzgruppen: Einsatzgruppe B: Interrogations regarding partisans in the Minsk area;...

File Number : 163.23

Type of Material : Survey Report

Language : German

Documentation regarding secret limitations during the implementation of orders of the Wehrmacht and the Department for Labor Deployment of Jews in the German Reich, 1940-1941

Documentation regarding secret limitations during the implementation of orders of the Wehrmacht and the Department for Labor Deployment of Jews in the German Reich, 1940-1941 Pages 2-13: Secret provisions imposed on companies during the implementation of orders of the Wehrmacht, and a note that it is forbidden for foreigners, stateless persons and Jews to deal with Wehrmacht orders, except in exceptional cases (page 4), after February 1940; Pages 14-16, 21-25 Correspondence between the Reich Labor Minister, the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (High Command of the Armed Forces), the Wehrwirtschafts- und...

File Number : 748

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Letter(s), Correspondence, Laws and Decrees, Note

Language : German

M.59- documentation from the US National Archives

M.59- Alexandria Collection: Nazi documentation from the US National Archives The Record Group contains Nazi documentation confiscated by the US Army and transferred to the US National Archives in Alexandria, Virginia, USA. The documentation includes documents from German government offices, Nazi organizations (including the Nazi party), SS Headquarters and the German Police, as well as German Army units on various levels, from Army Groups to Divisions. Additionally, copies of documentation regarding the persecution of the Jews of Germany, some of them from Nuremberg Trial files, have been transferred to...

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German

"Dokumente uber Methoden der Judenverfolgung im Ausland" (Documentation regarding methods of persecution of Jews outside Germany), 1939-1944, prepared by the United Restitution Organization (URO) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 1960

"Dokumente ueber Methoden der Judenverfolgung im Ausland" (Documentation regarding methods of persecution of Jews outside Germany), 1939-1944, prepared by the United Restitution Organization (URO) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 1960 Included in the file: Agreement between the Bulgarian commissar for Jewish questions, Alexander Beleff, and the German representative, SS-Hauptsturmfuehrer Theodor Dannecker, concerning the deportation of 20,000 Jews from Bulgaria and Macedonia to the Eastern territories occupied by Germany, 22/02/1943 (pp. 3-4); Excerpts from notes and letters by Rudolf Hess, 1946-1947:...

File Number : 136

Type of Material : Questionnaire, Note, Testimony, Survey, Protocol, Memoirs, Agreement, Letter(s)

Language : German

Documentation, including reports, protocols, orders and so forth, related mainly to activities of the RSHA, SS, SD, Police and Wehrmacht, 1939-1944; documentation dated, 1939-1946

Documentation, including reports, protocols, orders and so forth, related mainly to activities of the RSHA, SS, SD, Police and Wehrmacht, 1939-1944; documentation dated, 1939-1946 Included in the file: 23/06/1942 Letter, marked as Classified, of SS-Oberfuehrer Viktor Brack to Reichsfuehrer-SS Heinrich Himmler, in which he suggests to select and preserve approximately two-three million fit-for-work Jews following their sterilization or castration by X-ray. (pp. 2-3). 27/10/1943 Letter of SS-Gruppenfuehrer Odilo Globocnik (from Triest) to SS-Gruppenfuehrer Maximilian von Herff in the...

File Number : 120

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Administrative Documentation, Reports, Correspondence, Orders, Protocol

Language : German

Evidentiary hearing and closing statement of Alfred Jodl at the Nuremberg Trials

Evidentiary hearing and closing statement of Alfred Jodl at the Nuremberg Trials - Closing statement presented by Alfred Jodl before the Nuremberg Tribunal, including his claim that he himself, and the German Army, had only done their duty; - Transcript of questions and answers from an interview with Dr. G.M. Gilbert, the prison psychologist, concerning the evidentiary hearing.

File Number : 29

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : German

Update to an order given by the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht - OKW (Supreme Command of the Wehrmacht), regarding Soviet POWs, 24 March 1942

Update to an order given by the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht - OKW (Supreme Command of the Wehrmacht), regarding Soviet POWs, 24 March 1942 The original order was published on 08 September 1941; Importance of the proper handling of POWs, including prevention of their harm; supply of proper food for the purpose of increasing the work output; the previous orders are not to be changed regarding the use of weapons for the purpose of ensuring obedience; separation of the officers from the soldiers; ban on contact with the civilian population; definition of the size of the groups of laborers and the guards over...

File Number : 98

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German

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