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Speech to the military commanders, on the goal of the invasion of Poland and the attitude required for victory against Poland and the western powers

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Adolf Hitler (Fuehrer, Reich Chancellor, Supeme Commander of Wehrmacht)

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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: 22 August 1939

Literal Title: Second Speech by the Fuehrer on 22 Aug. '39.

Defendants: Hermann Wilhelm Goering, Erich Raeder

Total Pages: 1

Language of Text: English

Evidence Code: PS-1014

Exhibit Code: Prosecution 30

Document Book No: Prosecution DD

Citation: IMT (page 9782)

HLSL Item No.: 452263

Notes:For the first speech made on 22 August 1939, see document PS 798. Another copy of PS 1014 was entered as US exhibit 30. This copy was apparently not presented in the case against Goering.

Trial Issue

Wars of aggression

Document Summary

Staff Evidence Analyses

PS-1014: 2nd Fuhrer's speech before the Chief Military Commanders

Red Series Doc Descriptions

PS-1014: Hitler's second speech to the Commanders-in-chief on 22 August 1939. Hitler states he will provide a propa-gandistic incident to start the war; complete destruction of Poland necessary; victory, not law, is the important factor

Doc Book Tables of Contents

PS-1014: Speech by Hitler on 22 August 1939. Not Introduced

Blue Series Subject Index

PS-1014: AGGRESSION -- Planning / AGGRESSION AGAINST AUSTRIA -- War, loss of, reasons, interrogations of German General Staff officers, General Marshall’s report -- Start, Hitler’s "propagandistic cause" / AGGRESSION -- "Propagandistic cause" to start the war / AGGRESSION AGAINST POLAND -- oral evidence / ADOLF HITLER SCHOOLS -- Hitler’s foreign policy 1933: Neurath’s and Weizsaecker’s attitude, Weizsaecker oral evidence -- Statement to use propagandistic reasons for starting the war / WAR -- Causes of, Hitler’s "propagandistic causes," Ribbentrop’s views / WAR -- -- Principles / WAR -- guilt -- Hitler’s statement, concerning German propaganda / WAR -- Outbreak of -- Causes / REGARD BY GERMANY -- Aggressive wars: Definitions, Judgment -- In violation of treaties, conventions, and assurances, Hitler’s propagandistic causes for starting the war / POLAND, GOVERNMENT GENERAL -- War: Attempts to avert outbreak -- ~ Hitler’s propagandistic causes to start, Ribbentrop oral evidence / OBERSALZBERG --