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Orders to general officers concerning the handling of political commissars, with a memorandum on the political commissars on the Soviet front
NMT 7
Authors
Walther Brauchitsch, von (commander in chief of the army, 1938-41)
Walther von Brauchitsch
German field marshal (1881-1948)
- Born: 1881-10-04 (Berlin)
- Died: 1948-10-18 (Hamburg)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: military personnel
- Member of political party: Nazi Party
- Military rank: general field marshal
- Military branch: Imperial German Army
- Position held: commander-in-chief (period: 1938-01-01 through 1941-01-01)
Walter Warlimont (general; deputy chief, operations staff of the armed forces)
Walter Warlimont
German general (1894-1976)
- Born: 1894-10-03 (Osnabrück)
- Died: 1976-10-09 (Kreuth)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: military officer (military rank: general)
- Member of: High Command of the Armed Forces (since: 1941-01-01)
- Participant in: Hostages Trial (date: 1947-07-04; role: affiant); Judges' Trial
- Significant person: Hermann Foertsch (role: colleague, friend); Walter Kuntze
- Military rank: General of the Artillery
Date: 08 June 1941
Literal Title: Subject: Treatment of political Commissars.
Total Pages: 6
Language of Text: English
Evidence Code: NOKW-1076
Exhibit Code: Prosecution 14
Document Book No: Prosecution 1
Citations: NMT 7 (page 185), NMT 7 (page 1845), NMT 7 (page 4030), NMT 7 (page 7994), NMT 7 (page 7522)
HLSL Item No.: 150020
Notes:A copy of NOKW 1076 was also prepared for use by Werner Braune in NMT 9 (Braune document 43) but was not entered as an exhibit by him.
Document Summary
Staff Evidence Analyses
NOKW-1076: Order for Shooting Political Commissars Signed: v. Brauchitsch, certified: Bechler Order and 2 appendixes of 6 mimeo pages (Total size) plus 1 mimeo. distribution list. Photostat
NARA NMT Doc Descriptions
NOKW-1076: 8 June 41 OKH endorsement of OKW directive
Doc Book Tables of Contents
NOKW-1076: 8 June 41 - OKH endorsement of OKW directive re shooting of captured political Commissars.