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Memorandum of a meeting of Himmler and General Oshima, on the German-Italian-Japanese "triangle" and Japanese actions to disrupt the USSR (including attempts to assassinate Stalin)

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Heinrich Himmler (Reichsfuehrer-SS and Chief of Police; Minister of Interior)

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Heinrich Himmler

German Nazi politician; leader of the German SS and main architect of the Holocaust (1900-1945)

Born: 1900-10-07 (Munich)
Died: 1945-05-23 (Lüneburg)
Country of citizenship: German Empire (period: 1900-10-07 through 1918-01-01); Nazi Germany (since: 1923-01-01); Weimar Republic (period: 1915-01-01 through 1937-01-01)
Occupation: farmer; laboratory technician; occultist; politician
Member of political party: Bavarian People's Party (period: 1919-01-01 through 1923-01-01); National Socialist Freedom Movement; Nazi Party
Member of: Academy for German Law (since: 1933-01-01); Altreichsflagge (until: 1926-01-01); Artaman League; Bund Reichskriegsflagge
Participant in: Beer Hall Putsch (date: 1923-11-09); Nazi human experimentation (role: administrator); Night of the Long Knives
Significant person: Rudolf Brandt (role: secretary, stenographer; since: 1934-01-01)

Oshima (general, ambassador; Japan (1939-43))

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Hiroshi ?shima

Japanese general (1886-1975)

Born: 1886-04-19 (Iwamura)
Died: 1975-06-06 (Tokyo)
Country of citizenship: Japan
Occupation: diplomat; military personnel; politician
Military rank: lieutenant general
Military branch: Imperial Japanese Army
Position held: ambassador
VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/30840654

Date: 31 January 1939

Literal Title: File Memorandum

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-2195

Exhibit Code: Prosecution 150

Document Book No: Prosecution Q: Aggression: USA

Citation: IMT (page 1221)

HLSL Item No.: 450942

Trial Issues

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

Document Summary

Staff Evidence Analyses

PS-2195: File Memorandum of Himmler about a conversation with General Oschima, the Japanese Ambassador in Berlin, about a plot to assassinate Stalin and other Subversive activity

Red Series Doc Descriptions

PS-2195: Himmler’s memorandum, 31 January 1939, on his discussion with Oshima of the same date: Japanese subversive activity and propaganda maneuvers in Russia; Japanese attempt to have Stalin murdered by Russians