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Extracts from a speech to the Reichstag, on Germany's withdrawal from the disarmament program, and its willingness to abide by other agreements as long as the other nations do
IMT
Authors
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: 21 May 1935
Literal Title: Excerpts from Hitler's Speech before the Reichstag on 22 May, 1935. . . . Adolf Hitler's Great Speech before the Reichstag.
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-2288
Exhibit Code: Prosecution 38
Document Book No: Prosecution Preparation for aggression
Citations: IMT (page 417), IMT (page 456)
HLSL Item No.: 450616
Notes:The text is dated 21 May 1935; it was published on 22 May 1935.
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
Red Series Doc Descriptions
PS-2288: Hitler’s speech in the Reichstag, 21 May 1935: comments on the Versailles treaty and Germany’s rearmament
Blue Series Subject Index
PS-2288: US / TREATIES, AGREEMENTS. ETC -- 1937, background and purpose -- German-American Friendship Treaty, restoration of friendly relations between Germany: and the U.S. -- Germany’s unilateral repudiation / TREATIES, AGREEMENTS. ETC -- 1937, background and purpose -- Treaty for the restoration of friendly relations -- part V, unilateral repudiation. by Germany / VERSADLLES TREATY. VIOLATIONS BY GERMANY -- Part V, unilateral repudiation by Germany