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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)
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
Document Book No: Prosecution 7
HLSL Item No.: 451990
Notes:Another copy of PS 498 had been entered as US exhibit 501. This copy was apparently not used in the case against Keitel and Jodl. For follow-up orders, see document PS 503.
Document Summary
Staff Evidence Analyses
PS-498: Fuhrer Order, classified Top Secret, re shooting of all members of Commandos including PWs
Red Series Doc Descriptions
PS-498: Hitler’s top-secret order of 18 October 1942 on the annihilation of commandos and paratroopers
Doc Book Tables of Contents
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."