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Wilhelm Keitel (Field Marshal, Chief of the High Command of the Armed Forces)
Date: 1941
Literal Title: Re: Taking of hostages.
Defendant: Wilhelm Keitel
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-1590
Document Book No: Prosecution 7
HLSL Item No.: 452010
Notes:The message is not dated, but is marked as being received on 1 October 1941. A copy of PS 1590 was entered as French exhibit 1433. This copy was not entered in the British case against Keitel and Jodl.
PS-1590: Photostat copy of order, signed Keitel, for the shooting of hostages
PS-1590: Undated order from Keitel to the Commander of the army southeast: on account of attacks on German soldiers in the occupied territories, representatives of certain political opinions are to be taken as hostages; in case of further attacks some of these hostages are to be shot
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