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Letters, statements and miscellaneous documents regarding the defendants at the Nuremberg Trial

Letters, statements and miscellaneous documents regarding the defendants at the Nuremberg Trials - Notes and documents regarding the defendants compiled by Dr. G.M. Gilbert, the prison psychologist; - Letters and statements by Konstantin von Neurath, Wilhelm Frick, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Karl Doenitz, Rudolf Hess, Walter Warlimont, Albert Speer, and Albert Kesselring; - Letters from Emmy Goering, wife of Hermann Goering; - Directive regarding the handling of the prisoners at the close of the day's session; - Miscellaneous notes and excerpts.

File Number : 42

Type of Material : Memoirs, Letter

Language : English, German

International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg indictment against the major war criminals

International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg indictment against the major war criminals Charges cited in the indictments: - Participation in a common plan or conspiracy for the accomplishment of a crime against peace; - Planning, initiating and waging wars of aggression and other crimes against peace; - War crimes; - Crimes against humanity. The 24 defendants: Martin Bormann; Karl Doenitz; Hans Frank; Wilhelm Frick; Hans Fritzsche; Walther Funk; Hermann Goering; Rudolf Hess; Alfred Jodl; Ernst Kaltenbrunner; Wilhelm Keitel; Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach; Robert Ley; Konstantin von...

File Number : 38

Type of Material : Indictment

Language : English

Recollections of the last months of the war written by Albert Speer

Recollections of the last months of the war written by Albert Speer Evidentiary hearing conducted with Albert Speer regarding his politics and actions towards the end of the war; notes prepared by Speer for his defense.

File Number : 30

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : German

Documentation of the Commissioner for the Four Year Plan (Beauftragter fuer den Vierjahresplan), Germany, 1933-1945

Documentation of the Commissioner for the Four Year Plan (Beauftragter fuer den Vierjahresplan), Germany, 1933-1945 The Four Year Plan is an economic plan, that began in 1936, and that was meant to prepare Germany for war. Hermann Goering was appointed to head the program. The monitoring of the economy in the Third Reich before the war was not absolute and the objectives of the program were only partially achieved, due to, among others, lack of coordination between the supervisors in the various fields. At the beginning of the war, the German economy became more centralized and the responsibility for...

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German

Official documentation of directives from the SS-Wirtschafts-Verwaltungshauptamt (WVHA - SS Main Economic and Administrative Department) to all the major concentration camps regarding punitive measures for false statements that could have detrimental effects on the armament industry and the defense economy, 28 April 1942-27 May 1943 Circulars, signed by SS officer Arthur Liebehenschel and referring to Albert Speer as its initiator, threaten to severely punish people for false statements regarding the need for armaments and other important defense requirements; such statements are bound to negatively affect...

File Number : 385

Type of Material : Original Document, Official Documentation

Language : German

Report No. 1 of the Sondereinsatzgruppe, and two appeals to the population by the German Army regarding the evacuation of Estonia

Report No. 1 of the Sondereinsatzgruppe, and two appeals to the population by the German Army regarding the evacuation of Estonia Report No. 1 of the Sondereinsatzgruppe (Special Actions Unit), signed by Haupteinsatzfuhrer Dr. Sper; Two appeals to the population by the German Army, to join the evacuation of Estonia.

File Number : 142

Type of Material : Survey Report

Language : German

Documentation containing orders of the Gestapo in Dortmund

Documentation containing orders of the Gestapo in Dortmund - Manifesto from the Middle Ages of the Heads of the Catholic Church regarding the attitude towards the Jews and antisemitic documentation; - Administrative orders regarding the boycott against the Jews; - Exclusion of Jews from the economic and education fields; - Racial laws - mixed marriages; - Jewish population census; - Economic sanctions [imposed on the Jews]; - Various orders published following Kristallnacht; - Documentation regarding detentions, emigration and the confiscation of property and jewelry; -Orders signed...

File Number : 202

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German

Letter sent by Joel A. Skirble from Washington to Albert Speer in Heidelberg in 1970 regarding his book, The Third Reich, and the reply letter of Albert Speer

File Number : 5889

Type of Material : Letter

Language : English, German

Correspondence between Albert Speer in Heidelberg, Austria and in Italy with Ninette Hélène Jeanty Raven in Brussels and Cambridge, 1971-1981

- Letter sent by Margarete to Ninette, 1972; - Thank you letter written by Margarete Speer in Heidelberg and sent to Ninette Hélène Jeanty Raven in Brussels, regarding the words of condolence she wrote to her, 1981; Included in the file: - Translation of the letters to English; - Documentation related to the letters and to Albert Speer; Comments by the submitter of the material (Dafna Meitar Nechmad): Zvi Meitar, the father of the submitter of the material, was a collector of letters and original historical documents. He acquired, among others, a collection of letters belonging to Albert Speer. It...

File Number : 5403

Type of Material : Internet Material, Letter, Envelope

Language : French, English

Appeal against the banning of the publication " Did six million really die?"

Appeal against the banning of the publication" Did six million really die?" Oroginal record, proceedings before the Publications Control Board, Republic of South Africa: Appeal against the banning of the publication " Did six million really die?", presented to Yad vaShem by Arthur Suzman, QC (Queen's Counsel), South Africa, containing affidavits and letters, inter alia by Lord Shawcross, Lord Elwyn-Jones, Prof. Hugh R. Trevor-Roper, John Toland, Nahum Goldman, Arthur Suzman, Dr. Jacob Gewirtz, Prof. Raul Hilberg, Otto Heinrich Frank, Gideon Hausner, Dr. Yitzhak Arad, Albert Speer.

File Number : 247

Type of Material : Letter(s), Legal Documentation

Language : English, German

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