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Letter to the military commander in the Netherlands, on Rosenberg's program to gather material from from state libraries, archives, churches, and lodges in the occupied territories
IMT
Authors
Wilhelm Keitel (Field Marshal, Chief of the High Command of the Armed Forces)
Wilhelm Keitel
German field marshal
- Born: 1882-09-22 (Helmscherode) (country: German Empire; located in the administrative territorial entity: Duchy of Brunswick)
- Died: 1946-10-16 (Nuremberg) (country: Allied-occupied Germany)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: military officer; military personnel; politician
- Member of political party: Nazi Party
- Military rank: general field marshal
- Military branch: artillery
- VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/74027425
Date: 05 July 1940
Defendants: Wilhelm Keitel, Alfred Rosenberg
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-137
Exhibit Code: Prosecution 379
Document Book No: Prosecution W: Plundering of Art
Citations: IMT (page 1673), IMT (page 7151), IMT (page 7155)
HLSL Item No.: 451237
Notes:The searches for material were to be conducted by Rosenberg's staff and the Gestapo (under Heydrich), with cooperation from the military.
Document Summary
Staff Evidence Analyses
PS-137: Order Keitel's to Commanding General of the Netherlands re Linsatzstab
Red Series Doc Descriptions
PS-137: Instruction from Keitel, 5 July 1940, to the Commander-in-chief of the army and the Commander-in-chief of the armed forces in the Netherlands repeating Hitler’s decision on Rosenberg’s proposals to confiscate valuable material from state libraries and archives in the occupied Western territories for transfer to Germany
Blue Series Subject Index
PS-137: GENERAL STAFF AND HIGH COMMAND -- Looting and confiscation of art and cultural treasures: Co-operation with Einsatzstab Rosenberg -- France and the Netherlands, Keitel’s participation -- Kaltenbrunner oral evidence / FRANCE AFTER THE ARMISTICE -- Looting and confiscation of art and cultural treasures: RF-1301, RF-1318 -- Archives and libraries, Keitel’s order / FRANCE AFTER THE ARMISTICE -- assemblies and associations -- Seizure of archives / BELGIUM, OCCUPATION -- Suppression of opponents, seizure of archives / GENERAL STAFF AND HIGH COMMAND -- ation with / TREASURES -- Keitel’s orders to commanders in chief / GESTAPO -- [lack of knowledge concerning -- Exploitation -- lack of knowledge concerning / BELGIUM, OCCUPATION -- Exploitation -- Cultural -- German administrative organization to foster