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Extract from a message to Brig. Gen. Holle inquiring about any promises made to General Gandin, which prompted Gandin's refusal to surrender

NMT 7

Authors

Karl Hubert Lanz (lt. general, commander, 22nd Mountain Corps, Greece (1943-44))

Born: 1896-05-22 (Entringen)
Died: 1982-08-15 (Munich)
Country of citizenship: Germany
Occupation: military personnel; politician; resistance fighter
Member of political party: Free Democratic Party
Participant in: Hostages Trial (date: 1947-03-07; role: affiant, defendant)
Military rank: General der Gebirgstruppe
Military branch: German Army (military unit: 1st Mountain Division, Army Group A, XXII Mountain Corps (Wehrmacht); since: 1940-10-25, 1943-06-25, 1943-08-25); Wehrmacht (position held: Führerreserve; since: 1942-12-17)

Date: 14 September 1943

Literal Title: Excerpt from Radio Message No. 145 dated 14 September . . . To Brigadier General Holle, X. Airforce Corps, Athens.

Defendant: Hubert Lanz

Total Pages: 1

Language of Text: English

Exhibit Code: Lanz 68

Document Book No: Lanz 5

Defense Document No.: Lanz 171

Citation: NMT 7 (page 6536)

HLSL Item No.: 151401

Notes:For Holle's reply, see Lanz document 172, exhibit 69.