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Order to military headquarters and the SS that Allied commandos found in the field by the military are to be shot ("slaughtered to the last man"), and individual commandos found by other means are to be turned over to the SD

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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: 18 October 1942

Total Pages: 2

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-498

Exhibit Code: Prosecution 501

Document Book No: Prosecution CC: OKW

Citations: IMT (page 2173), IMT (page 5773)

HLSL Item No.: 451846

Notes:This order also appears as document L 179. For a follow-up order, see document PS 503.

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Criminal organizations (Gestapo, Leadership Corps, Cabinet, SS, SD, OKW) (… Partisan fighters (and commandos), operations against, and treatment of (I…

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PS-498: Fuhrer Order, classified Top Secret, re shooting of all members of Commandos including PWs

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PS-498: Hitler’s top-secret order of 18 October 1942 on the annihilation of commandos and paratroopers

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PS-498: Hitler's top secret order of 18 October 1942 (the so-called Commando Order).

other means, through the police in occupied territories for instance, they are to be handed over immediately to the SD. Any imprisonment under military guard. It is strictly prohibited, even if it is only intended for a short time."