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Memorandum on instructions by Hitler to keep secret the increase in navy tonnage and the construction of U-boats, and Raeder's view on the need to match England's fleet

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Erich Raeder (admiral, Navy commander in chief (1935-43))

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Erich Raeder

German naval officer and Großadmiral during World War II

Born: 1876-04-24 (Wandsbek)
Died: 1960-11-06 (Kiel)
Country of citizenship: Germany
Occupation: historian; naval officer
Member of political party: Nazi Party
Participant in: Nuremberg trials (role: defendant)
Military rank: Großadmiral
Military branch: German Navy; Imperial German Navy; Kriegsmarine

Adolf Hitler (Fuehrer, Reich Chancellor, Supeme Commander of Wehrmacht)

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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: June 1934

Literal Title: Conversation with the Fuehrer in June 1934 on the occasion of the resignation of the Commanding Officer of the "Karlsruhe".

Defendant: 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: C-189

Exhibit Code: Prosecution 44

Document Book No: Prosecution Preparation for aggression

Citations: IMT (page 441), IMT (page 9741), IMT (page 9947), IMT (page 10030)

HLSL Item No.: 450597

Trial Issues

Conspiracy (and Common plan, in IMT) (IMT, NMT 1, 3, 4, 11) IMT count 1: common plan or conspiracy (IMT) IMT count 2: crimes against peace (wars of aggression) (IMT) Wars of aggression

Document Summary

Blue Series Subject Index

C-189: AGGRESSION -- Navy: Construction program in violation of Versailles Treaty, Raeder oral evidence -- Development, against England, Raeder oral evidence / AGGRESSION AGAINST GREECE -- ' Development of the German Fleet, Raeder oral evidence / SCANDINAVIA -- Reconstruction, Raeder-Hitler conversation concerning, oral evidence / NAVY, GERMAN -- ev. -- "Scharnhorst" reconstruction, Hitler-Raeder conversations, Raeder oral evidence -- attitude, 1928 / NAVY, GERMAN -- ev. / NAVY, GERMAN -- -- Development of thie Fleet against Great Britain / GREAT BRITAIN -- England, Jodl cross-examination -- Development of the German Fleet, Raeder oral evidence -- Hitler’s memorandum, his strategy, Jodl oral evidence / GLEIWITZ -- versation, Raeder oral evidence