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Extract from a report to Hitler, on anti-Nazi officials in Austria, recommending continued "psychological manipulations" and "slowly intensifyed pressure" to change the regime
IMT
Authors
Franz Papen, von (Vice-Chancellor; ambassador)
Franz von Papen
German general staff officer, politician, diplomat, nobleman and Chancellor of Germany (1879–1969)
- Born: 1879-10-29 (Werl)
- Died: 1969-05-02 (Sasbach)
- Country of citizenship: German Reich; Germany
- Occupation: diplomat; military personnel; politician
- Member of political party: Centre Party (until: 1932-01-01); Nazi Party
- Member of: Union-Klub
- Participant in: Hostages Trial (date: 1947-10-03; role: affiant)
- Significant person: Wilhelm List (role: acquaintance)
Date: 01 September 1936
Literal Title: Excerpt of letter of Von Papen to Hitler . . . Subject: Report on Danube situation.
Defendant: Franz Papen, von
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)
Evidence Code: PS-2246
Exhibit Code: Prosecution 67
Document Book No: Prosecution N: Aggression: Austria (1)
Citations: IMT (page 527), IMT (page 540)
HLSL Item No.: 450702
Notes:For the full text, see the version of PS 2246 in UK document book 11A (von Papen).
Trial Issues
Conspiracy (and Common plan, in IMT) (IMT, NMT 1, 3, 4) IMT count 1: common plan or conspiracy (IMT) IMT count 2: crimes against peace (wars of aggression) (IMT) Wars of aggression
Document Summary
Staff Evidence Analyses
PS-2246: Papen letter to Hitler regarding Austria
Red Series Doc Descriptions
PS-2246: Papen’s report to Hitler, 1 September 1936, on the situation in the Danubian area; also on the growing Anti-semitism and other political portents in Austria with recommendations for the attitude to be adopted by national socialists