Affidavit concerning an interview in which Schacht reported Hitler's statements that he had to give Germany "a military victory" in order maintain his power

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Edmund Tilley (Major, British Field Information Agency (1945))

Edmund Tilley

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Date: 21 November 1945

Literal Title: Affidavit of Major Edmund Tilley

Defendant: Hjalmar Schacht

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: EC-458

Citation: IMT (page 2554)

HLSL Item No.: 452756

Trial Issues

Conspiracy (and Common plan, in IMT) (IMT, NMT 1, 3, 4) Wars of aggression

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EC-458: Sworn statement on interrogation of Schacht

AFFIDAVIT OF MAJOR EDMUND TILLEY
Major Edmund Tilley, being duly sworn, deposes and says:
1. I am a major in the British Army and have been assigned to Field Information Agency, Technical. In my official capacity I had an interview with Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, former President of the Reichsbank and former Minister of Economics, on 9 July 1945, at an Internment Centre in the vicinity of Frankfurt.
2. During the course of the discussion Schacht stated to me that he had had numerous talks with Hitler from 1933 to 1937. Schacht stated that from these talks he had formed the impression that in order to make his hold and government secure the Fuehrer felt that he must present the German people with a military victory.
3. The above statement is based on my recollection of the conversation and also on my notes made contemporaneously.
[signed] Edmund Tilley
Major.
Sworn to before me this 21st day of November, 1945
[Witnessed] T. G. S. Combe
Major.
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