Record of meeting on Slovak wishes for independence allied with Germany, and Goering's support, noting that the Czechs would then be "more at our mercy"

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Hermann Goering (Reich Marshal; Commander in Chief, Luftwaffe; Commissioner for Four-Year Plan)

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Hermann Göring

German Nazi politician, military leader and convicted war criminal (1893–1946)

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  • 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)

Ferdinand Durcansky (Dr., Slovak foreign minister (1939))

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Ferdinand ?ur?anský

Slovak minister of labour and social affairs of the Slovakia, minister of justice of the Slovakia, minister of foreign affairs of the Slovakia, minister of health of the Slovakia and war criminal (1906-1974)

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  • Born: 1906-12-18 (Rajec)
  • Died: 1974-03-15 (Munich)
  • Occupation: author; contributing editor; journalist; politician
  • Member of political party: Slovak People's Party
  • Position held: Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Educated at: The Hague Academy of International Law
  • VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/71450474
  • ISNI: https://isni.org/isni/0000000061296838

Date: Date Unknown

Literal Title: Discussion General-Fieldmarshall Goering with the Slovak Minister Dr. Durkansky

Defendant: Hermann Wilhelm Goering

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-2801

HLSL Item No.: 452307

Notes:The date of the meeting is not stated. Another copy of PS 2801 was entered as US exhibit 109; this copy was apparently not presented in the case against Goering.

Trial Issue

Wars of aggression

Document Summary

Staff Evidence Analyses

PS-2801: Photostat of undated, unsigned memo of conference between Goering, Durkansky, Mach, Karmarson and Seyss-Inquart re Slovakia

Red Series Doc Descriptions

PS-2801: Undated discussion between Goring and Slovak Vicepremier Dr. Durkansky: Slovaks desire independence, supported by Germany; do not wish to belong to Hungary; measures against Jews and communists will be introduced in Slovakia; Goring agrees to proposals

DISCUSSION
General-Fieldmarshal Goering with the Slovak Minister Dr. Durkansky
Also present: the Head of the Propaganda Section of the Slovak Government Mach; Leader of the Germans in Slovakia, Karmasin; Reichsstatthalter Seyss-Inquart.
To begin with Durkansky (Deputy Prime Minister) reads out declaration. Contents:—"Friendship for the Fuehrer; gratitude that through the Fuehrer autonomy has become possible for the Slovaks." The Slovaks never want to belong to Hungary. The Slovaks want full independence with strongest political, economic and military ties to Germany. Bratislava to be capital. The execution of the plan only possible if the army and police are Slovak.
An independent Slovakia to be proclaimed at the meeting of the first Slovak Diet. In the case of a plebiscite the majority would favor a separation from Prague. Jews will vote for Hungary. The area of the plebiscite to be up to the March, where a large Slovak population lives.
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The Jewish problem will be solved similarly to that in Germany. The Communist party to be prohibited.
The Germans in Slovakia do not want to belong to Hungary but wish to stay in Slovakia.
The German influence with the Slovak Government is considerable; the appointment of a German Minister (member of the cabinet) has been promised.
At present negotiations with Hungary are being conducted by the Slovaks. The Czechs are more yielding towards the Hungarians than the Slovaks.
The Fieldmarshal considers: that the Slovak negotiations towards independence are to be supported in a suitable manner. Czechoslovakia without Slovakia is still more at our mercy.
Air bases in Slovakia are of great importance for the German Air Force for use against the East.