HERMAN GOERING, THE MAN AND HIS WORK.
- By Erich Gritzbach, 41st edition, 1942, Page 69.
"For such energetic action, the Fuehrer expressed his gratitude in a personal note to the Minister President on the occasion of New Years Day of. the second anniversary of the National Socialist Revolution :
'My dear Goering:
When in November 1923 the Party tried for the first time to conquer the power of the State, you as Commander of the SA created within an extraordinarily short time that instrument with which I could bear that struggle. Highest necessity had forced us to act, but a wise providence at that time denied that success. After receiving a grave wound you again entered the ranks as soon as circumstances permitted as my most loyal comrade in the battle for power You contributed essentially to creating the basis for the 30th of January. Therefore, at the
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end of a year of the National Socialist Revolution,, I desire to thank you wholeheartedly, my dear Party Comrade Goering, for the great values which you have for the National Socialist Revolution and consequently for the German people.
In cordial friendship and grateful appreciation. '
Yours,
. Adolf Hitler' ''
Extract from a biography of Goering, with Hitler's letter to him on the SA as an "instrument" in the party's struggle and Goering's contributions as a leader
Authors
Erich Gritzbach (staff officer under Goering; author)
Erich Gritzbach
German politician (1896-1955)
- Born: 1896-07-12 (Forst (Lausitz))
- Died: 1968-03-29 (Erlangen) (country: Germany; located in the administrative territorial entity: Bavaria)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: politician
- Member of political party: German National People's Party; Nazi Party
- Member of: Schutzstaffel
- Participant in: Judges' Trial (role: affiant)
- Significant person: Günther Joël (since: 1933-01-01); Hermann Göring (role: superior)
Adolf Hitler (Fuehrer, Reich Chancellor, Supeme Commander of Wehrmacht)
Adolf Hitler
Austrian nationalized German politician, leader of the National Socialist party and dictator of Germany (1889-1945)
- Born: 1889-01-01 1889-04-20 (Braunau am Inn) (country: Austria-Hungary; located in the administrative territorial entity: Archduchy of Austria above the Enns; statement is subject of: Adolf-Hitler-Geburtshaus)
- Died: 1945-04-30 (Berlin Führerbunker) (country: Nazi Germany; located in the administrative territorial entity: Berlin; statement is subject of: death of Adolf Hitler)
- Country of citizenship: Cisleithania (period: 1889-04-20 through 1918-11-11); First Republic of Austria (period: 1919-01-01 through 1925-04-30); Nazi Germany (end cause: death of Adolf Hitler; period: 1933-01-30 through 1945-04-30); Republic of German-Austria (period: 1918-01-01 through 1919-01-01)
- Occupation: painter (statement is subject of: paintings by Adolf Hitler); political writer; politician (reason for preferred rank: generally used form); soldier
- Member of political party: German Workers' Party (period: 1919-09-12 through 1921-07-11); Nazi Party (series ordinal: 556)
- Member of: Nazi Party
- Participant in: Aktion T4; Beer Hall Putsch; The Holocaust; ethnic cleansing
- Significant person: Albert Speer; Benito Mussolini; Eva Braun; Joseph Stalin
Date: 1942
Literal Title: Herman[n] Goering, The Man and His Work.
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-3259
Citation: IMT (page 1784)
HLSL Item No.: 451378
Notes:The date of Hitler's letter is not stated here, but the Blue Set provides the date as 1934 (vol. 32, p. 82). PS 3259 and PS 3252 were both entered as US exhibit 424.
Document Summary
PS-3259: Hitler’s new year letter to Goring, 1934, expressing gratitude to him as creator of the Sa and as the man who prepared the ground for 30 January 1933