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Affidavit concerning the handling of a captured British seaman by the German navy and security police

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Gerhard Flesch (German security police officer in Norway, 1941-45)

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Gerhard Flesch

Nazi war criminal (1909-1948)

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  • Born: 1909-10-08 (Poznań)
  • Died: 1948-02-28 (Trondheim)
  • Country of citizenship: German Empire; Nazi Germany; Weimar Republic
  • Occupation: police officer
  • Member of political party: Nazi Party
  • Member of: Schutzstaffel
  • Military rank: Obersturmbannführer
  • Employer: Gestapo

Date: 14 November 1945

Literal Title: Sworn Statement.

Defendants: Karl Doenitz, Erich Raeder

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: D-864

Citations: IMT (page 9562), IMT (page 9570), IMT (page 10042)

HLSL Item No.: 452924

Notes:The document was discussed by Raeder at p. 10042 in the transcript, where it is incorrectly recorded as document 64, exhibit 57.

Trial Issues

Partisan fighters (and commandos), operations against, and treatment of (I… Naval warfare, crimes during (IMT)

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