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Telegram to German embassy in Prague, instructing them to prompt Slovak representatives to demand autonomy in Czechoslovakia
IMT
Authors
Guenther Altenburg (Dr., Foreign Office (1938); ambassador in Athens (1941-43))
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)
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
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