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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.
Defendants: Franz Papen, von, Arthur Seyss-Inquart
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 KK (Seyss-Inquart)
HLSL Item No.: 453231
Notes:This copy of PS 2246 was apparently not entered in the case against Seyss-Inquart.
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