WFSt/Qu (III)
Subject: Saboteurs, Toftefjord.
TOP SECRET Notice
On the 30. 3. 1943 in Toftefjord (70°
10. 5. 1943
Lat.) an enemy cutter
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526-PS
526-PS
was sighted, cutter was blown up by the enemy. Crew: 2 dead men, 10 prisoners.
Cutter was sent from Scalloway (Shetland Is.) by the Norwegian Navy.
Armament: 2 Colt—MG's, 2 mounted MG's, a small transmitter. In addition there were supposed to have been 4 MG's, 6 submachine guns and 1,000 kg of explosives on board.
Captain of the Cutter: Norwegian, Lt. Eskeland.
Purpose: Construction of an organization for sabotaging of strong-points, battery positions, staff and troop billets and bridges.
Assigner of Mission in London: Norwegian, Maj. Munthe. Fuehrer order executed by S.D. [Security Service].
Wehrmacht Report of 6.4 announces the following about it:
In Northern Norway an enemy sabotage-unit was engaged and destroyed on approaching the coast.
Record of the capture of a Norwegian sabotage unit, which was subjected to the "Fuehrer order" (execution) by the SD
Date: 10 May 1943
Literal Title: Subject: Saboteurs, Toftefjord
Defendants: Karl Doenitz, Ernst Kaltenbrunner
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-526
Citations: IMT (page 1945), IMT (page 1992), IMT (page 7634), IMT (page 9331), IMT (page 9562), IMT (page 9573), IMT (page 11181)
HLSL Item No.: 451558
Notes:The report is not signed; it was issued by "WFSt / Qu (III)."
Trial Issues
Criminal organizations (Gestapo, Leadership Corps, Cabinet, SS, SA, SD, OK… Partisan fighters and commandos, operations against, and treatment of (IMT…
Document Summary
PS-526: Memorandum of WFST about a sabotage party in Toftefjord. Top Secret
PS-526: Top-secret note of the Wfst/qu iii, 10 May 1943, on the liquidation after capture of a sabotage unit in Tofte-fjord
PS-526: NORWAY, OCCUPATION -- Executions: Hostages -- SD, crew of Norwegian cutter, Doenitz oral evidence / NORWAY -- UK-057) -- SD action, Jodl oral evidence / NORWAY, OCCUPATION -- Commando action, SD execution of Commando Order, Jodl oral evidence / NORWAY -- UK-057) -- Executions, Canaris’ investigations / NORWAY, OCCUPATION -- SD: Einsatzkommando’s activities, Best or. ev -- Execution of crew of a Norwegian cutter, Doenitz oral evidence / NORWAY, OCCUPATION -- SD: Einsatzkommando’s activities, Best or. ev -- Execution of "Commando Order," Jodl oral evidence / GESTAPO -- Prisoners of war; "Bullet" Decree -- Commando Order / SIPO -- Commando Order, executions in Norway, investigations concerning, Jodl oral evidence / SD, SICHERHEITSDIENST -- PS) -- Norwegian cutter’s crew transfer, Doenitz or ev, -- execution, Doenitz oral evidence / SD -- Norway, Commando Order / BERS OF COMMANO UNITS -- Kaltenbrunner oral evidence / BERS OF COMMANO UNITS -- SD: Defense affidavit -- Executions, Jodl oral e