Extract from Lemp's war diary, 22 August to 10 September 1939 (omitting the sinking of the "Athenia")

Authors

Date: 22 August 1939

Literal Title: War Diary of the the Commanding Officer of U-boat "U-30"

Defendant: Erich Raeder

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: D-662

Exhibit Code: Prosecution 222

Document Book No: Prosecution 10 (Raeder)

Citation: IMT (page 2727)

HLSL Item No.: 452974

Notes:The prosecution asserted that this portion of the war diary had been forged so as to cover up the sinking of the "Athenia."

Trial Issue

Naval warfare, crimes during, and background of (IMT)

Document Summary