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Orders to Erhard Milch authorizing the seizure or conscription of property, supplies, and workers in order to increase air force armaments production
Authors
Hermann Goering (Reich Marshal; Commander in Chief, Luftwaffe; Commissioner for Four-Year Plan)
Hermann Göring
German Nazi politician, military leader and convicted war criminal (1893–1946)
- Born: 1893-01-12 (Rosenheim)
- Died: 1945-01-01 1946-10-15 (Nuremberg Court Prison Nuremberg) (reason for deprecated rank: error in referenced source or sources; reason for preferred rank: most precise value)
- Country of citizenship: German Empire; Nazi Germany
- Occupation: aircraft pilot; art collector; politician; war criminal
- Member of political party: Nazi Party (period: 1922-11-01 through 1923-11-23, 1928-04-01 through 1945-04-29)
- Member of: Sturmabteilung
- Participant in: Beer Hall Putsch; Nazi plunder; genocide; war crime
- Significant person: Alma Hedin (role: friend)
Date: Date Unknown
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Evidence Code: NOKW-247
Citations: NMT 2 (page 273), NMT 2 (page 631), NMT 2 (page 1278)
HLSL Item No.: 3488
Notes:This Staff Evidence Analysis was prepared by Wolfgang L. Brandt on 4 Nov 1946. The orders are not dated (except for the month), but the prosecution believed they were issued in June 1944 (p. 273).
Document Summary
Staff Evidence Analyses
NOKW-247: Certified photostat of undated and unsigned copy of full powers given to Milch by the Reich-marshal and chairman of the Reichs Defense Counsel. 2 pages
NARA NMT Doc Descriptions
NOKW-247: Goering directive on Milch.
Doc Book Tables of Contents
NOKW-247: Goering directive clarifying Milch authority