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Telegram to German embassy in Prague, instructing them to prompt Slovak representatives to demand autonomy in Czechoslovakia

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Guenther Altenburg (Dr., Foreign Office (1938); ambassador in Athens (1941-43))

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Guenther Altenburg

diplomat (1894-1984)

Born: 1894-06-05 (Königsberg)
Died: 1984-10-23 (Bonn)
Country of citizenship: Germany
Occupation: ambassador (location: Greece; period: 1941-04-01 through 1943-11-03); diplomat
Member of political party: German People's Party; Nazi Party
Participant in: Hostages Trial (date: 1947-08-11; role: affiant)
Significant person: Hellmuth Felmy (role: colleague; since: 1943-01-01); Walter Kuntze (role: acquaintance)
Place of detention: Nuremberg Court Prison (date: 1947-08-11)

Foreign Office/Ministry of Foreign Affairs (German)

Date: 19 September 1938

Defendant: Joachim Ribbentrop, 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-2858

Document Book No: Prosecution 6

Citation: IMT (page 2341)

HLSL Item No.: 451906

Notes:Another copy of PS 2858 had been entered as US exhibit 97; this copy was used with the same exhibit number.

Trial Issue

Wars of aggression

Document Summary

Staff Evidence Analyses

PS-2858: Decoding of wire from Reich Foreign Office to Embassy re request of Konrad Henlein to cause Slovacks to claim their autonomy

Red Series Doc Descriptions

PS-2858: Code telegram from the German foreign office to the legation in prague, 19 September 1938: Henlein wishes the Slovaks to make immediate demand for autonomy

Blue Series Subject Index

PS-2858: PLANNING AND PREPARATIONS -- Slovak autonomy movement -- Directed from and supported by the Reich / PLANNING AND PREPARATIONS -- Slovak autonomy movement -- [Instructions to Kundt concerning demands -- Instructions to Kundt concerning demands / PREPARATIONS -- and SA activities since 1932 -- Slovak autonomy movement -- directed by Germany / CZECHOSLOVAKIA -- activities. ..I-334; III-69, 150; VII-200, 201 [K. H, Frank testimony -- Foreign penetration -- "Deutsche Heimatfront" / FIFTH COLUMN AND FOREIGN PENETRATION -- Prague / CZECHOSLOVAKIA -- -- _ Slovak autonomy movement -- as a pretext for German intervention