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Letter to Goering on political negotiations in Austria, and the option of preventing them

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Wilhelm Keppler (NSDAP economic office; agent in Vienna (1938))

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Wilhelm Keppler

businessman; Reich Commisionner (1882-1960)

Born: 1882-12-14 (Heidelberg)
Died: 1960-06-13 (Friedrichshafen)
Country of citizenship: German Empire; Germany; Nazi Germany; Weimar Republic
Occupation: engineer; entrepreneur; politician
Member of political party: Nazi Party
Member of: Schutzstaffel
Military branch: Schutzstaffel
Position held: Reichskommissar (period: 1938-01-01 through 1939-01-01); member of the Reichstag of Nazi Germany; member of the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic

Date: 09 February 1938

Defendant: Hermann Wilhelm Goering

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-3472

Exhibit Code: Prosecution 582

Document Book No: Prosecution DD

Citation: IMT (page 2308)

HLSL Item No.: 452329

Trial Issue

Wars of aggression

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PS-3472: Letter from Keppler to Goring, 9 february 1938: discussions between Nsdap leader (landesleiter) Leopold and Chancellor Schuschnigg; advisability of prohibiting such discussions

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PS-3472: Signed Letter from Keppler in Vienna to Goering in Berlin, dated 9 February 1938. Keppler states that he has asked the Foreign Office to investigate a matter for him and has just received word from the Foreign Office concerning the same. With this information, Keppler asked Goering for further instructions.