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Telegram to the German embassy in Prague, noting the arrest of 150 Czechs in Germany in retaliation for the arrest of Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia, requesting information on the number of those arrested
IMT
Authors
Ernst Woermann (Dr., Foreign Office, Berlin (1938-39))
Ernst Woermann
German politician and jurist (1888-1979)
- Born: 1888-03-30 (Dresden)
- Died: 1979-07-05 (Heidelberg)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: diplomat; jurist; politician
- Member of political party: Nazi Party
- Member of: Schutzstaffel
- Position held: ambassador
- VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/3543385
Date: 16 September 1939
Literal Title: Decipherment[.] From Foreign Office 16 Sept. 38 1845 hours. To Embassy 16 Sept. 38 Secret Cipher
Defendant: Joachim Ribbentrop, von
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Evidence Code: PS-2855
Document Book No: Prosecution 6
Citation: IMT (page 2341)
HLSL Item No.: 451907
Notes:Another copy of PS 2855 had been entered as US exhibit 98; this copy was used with the same exhibit number.
Trial Issue
Document Summary
Staff Evidence Analyses
PS-2855: Decoding of wire from Reich Foreign Office, to Embassy re arrest of 150 Czech nationals as reprisal for arrest of 'Sudeten Germans' after speech of Fuehrer on 12 Sept
Red Series Doc Descriptions
PS-2855: Code telegram from the German foreign office to the legation in prague, 16 September 1938: 150 Czechs have been arrested in retaliation for the arrest of Sudetengermans since 12 September 1938
Doc Book Tables of Contents
PS-2855: 16 September 1938. Telegram from Woermann to the German Legation in Prague concerning the arrest of 150 Czech citizens as a reprisal for the arrest of Sudeten Germans. Woermann requests the Legation in Prague to check the Gestapo figures of Sudeten Germans arrested.
Blue Series Subject Index
PS-2855: PLANNING AND PREPARATIONS -- Political pressure / CZECHOSLOVAKIA -- Hungary’s demands and Polish ultimatum subsequent to -- Political penetration -- pressure