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Extract from a report to Hitler, on anti-Nazi officials in Austria, recommending continued "psychological manipulations" and "slowly intensifyed pressure" to change the regime

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Franz Papen, von (Vice-Chancellor; ambassador)

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Franz von Papen

German general staff officer, politician, diplomat, nobleman and Chancellor of Germany (1879–1969)

Born: 1879-10-29 (Werl)
Died: 1969-05-02 (Sasbach)
Country of citizenship: German Reich; Germany
Occupation: diplomat; military personnel; politician
Member of political party: Centre Party (until: 1932-01-01); Nazi Party
Member of: Union-Klub
Participant in: Hostages Trial (date: 1947-10-03; role: affiant)
Significant person: Wilhelm List (role: acquaintance)

Date: 01 September 1936

Literal Title: Excerpt of letter of Von Papen to Hitler . . . Subject: Report on Danube situation.

Defendant: Franz Papen, von

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-2246

Exhibit Code: Prosecution 67

Document Book No: Prosecution N: Aggression: Austria (1)

Citations: IMT (page 527), IMT (page 540), IMT (page 11820)

HLSL Item No.: 450702

Notes:For the full text, see the version of PS 2246 in UK document book 11A (von Papen).

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

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PS-2246: Papen letter to Hitler regarding Austria

Red Series Doc Descriptions

PS-2246: Papen’s report to Hitler, 1 September 1936, on the situation in the Danubian area; also on the growing Anti-semitism and other political portents in Austria with recommendations for the attitude to be adopted by national socialists

Blue Series Subject Index

PS-2246: PLANNING AND PREPARATIONS -- Report to Hitler, 21 Aug. 1936 -- -- 1 Sep. 1936, recommending "change of personnel" / AGGRESSION AGAINST AUSTRIA, -- Papen: Activities / PLANNING AND PREPARATIONS -- Political: Creation of internal political tensions -- Isolation of Austria / PLANNING AND PREPARATIONS -- * pen-74, 80) -- Report to Hitler, 21 Aug. 1936 -- 1 Sep. 1936, recommending "change of personnel" / PLANNING AND PREPARATIONS -- Political: Creation of internal political tensions -- Isola~ tion of Austria / NATIONAL SOCIALISM -- Austria, Papen’s contact with the illegal leaders, oral evidence