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List of Jodl's positions and promotions in the military, 1932-45

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Alfred Jodl (chief of wehrmacht operations staff)

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Alfred Jodl

German general and convicted war criminal (1890-1946)

Alfred Jold
  • Born: 1890-05-10 (Würzburg)
  • Died: 1946-10-16 (Nuremberg)
  • Country of citizenship: German Reich; Kingdom of Bavaria; Weimar Republic
  • Occupation: military personnel; politician
  • Member of political party: Nazi Party
  • Participant in: International Military Tribunal (role: defendant)
  • Military rank: Generaloberst
  • Military branch: artillery

Franz Exner (Prof. Dr.; legal author; defense attorney, IMT)

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Franz Exner

Austrian criminologist

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  • Born: 1881-08-09 (Vienna)
  • Died: 1947-10-01 (Munich)
  • Country of citizenship: Austria
  • Occupation: criminologist; university teacher
  • Participant in: International Military Tribunal (role: criminal defense lawyer)
  • Employer: Leipzig University; Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich; University of Tübingen
  • VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/110171359
  • ISNI: https://isni.org/isni/0000000109342531

Date: Date Unknown

Literal Title: Jodl[.] Positions and dates at which they were held.

Defendant: Alfred Jodl

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-2865

Citation: IMT (page 2394)

HLSL Item No.: 451980

Notes:The document is not dated. PS 2865 was entered as US exhibit 16; this copy was used with the same exhibit number. This is the first of two copies of PS 2865 in document book 7.

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PS-2865: List of positions and promotions held by Jodl

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PS-2865: List of posts held by Jodl 1932 to 1945, signed by Jodl and his counsel

JODL
Positions and dates at which they were held. "
Operations Department of the Army [Heer], 1932-35. Chief of the National Defense Section in the High Command of the Armed Forces [Abteilung Landesverteid-gung im OKW], 1935-Oct. 1938.
Artillery Commander [Artillerie Komandeur] of the 44th
' Division, Vienna and Brno, Oct. 1938-27 Aug. 1939.
Chief of Operation Staff of the High Command of the Armed Forces [Chef des Wehrmachtfuhrungstabes in Oberkommando der Wehrmacht], August 1939-1945.
Dates of Promotion:
1932—Major and Lieutenant Colonel 1936—Colonel
1939— Generalmajor
1940— General der Artillerie 1944—Colonel-General
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2865-PS
Certificate
I hereby certify that the above and foregoing list of offices and positions held by me (Alfred Jodi), together with the respective dates, is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.
/s/ A. Jodi
Defendant
' /s/ Dr. Exner
Attorney for Defendant

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