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Orders that pro-de Gaulle French fighters captured on the eastern front will be handed over to the French government for punishment, and their families may be subject to reprisal actions
IMT
Authors
Wilhelm Keitel (Field Marshal, Chief of the High Command of the Armed Forces)
Wilhelm Keitel
German field marshal
- Born: 1882-09-22 (Helmscherode) (country: German Empire; located in the administrative territorial entity: Duchy of Brunswick)
- Died: 1946-10-16 (Nuremberg) (country: Allied-occupied Germany)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: military officer; military personnel; politician
- Member of political party: Nazi Party
- Military rank: general field marshal
- Military branch: artillery
- VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/74027425
Date: 26 May 1943
Literal Title: Ref: treatment of supporters of de Gaulle who fight for the Russians.
Defendant: Wilhelm Keitel
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: UK-20
Exhibit Code: Prosecution 163
Document Book No: Prosecution 7
Citation: IMT (page 2407)
HLSL Item No.: 452066
Trial Issues
Hostage-taking and reprisal actions, including killings and fines (IMT, NM… Prisoners of war, abuse, forced labor, or killing of (IMT, NMT 2, 5, 11, 1…
Document Summary
Blue Series Subject Index
UK-20: PRISONERS OF WAR -- - De Gaulle followers, special regulations concerning / GENERAL STAFF AND HIGH COMMAND -- tion -- Murder and illtreatment -- Commandos / GENERAL STAFF AND HIGH COMMAND -- Murder and ill-treatment of: Civilians, reprisals, Keitel’s order against "terror and sabotage" -- Prisoners of war -- Defense affidavit XXI-395; French airmen in the Soviet Army / ATROCITIES -- Killing of families of Frenchmen fighting with the Soviet forces