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Message approving arrest of hostages for potential execution
NMT 7
Authors
Hans Gustav Felber (general, military commander southeast (Serbia etc), 1943-44)
Hans Gustav Felber
German general
- Born: 1889-07-08 1889-01-01 (Wiesbaden)
- Died: 1962-01-01 1962-03-08 (Frankfurt am Main)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: military officer; military personnel
- Participant in: Hostages Trial (date: 1947-02-19; role: affiant)
- Significant person: Maximilian von Weichs (role: superior)
- Military rank: General of the Infantry; general
- Military branch: German Army
Curt Geitner, von (colonel, chief staff officer, Serbia and southeast (1942-44))
Kurt Ritter von Geitner
German general major and Hostages Trial defendant
- Born: 1884-05-03 (Contwig)
- Died: 1968-09-06 (Munich)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: industrialist; military leader
- Participant in: Hostages Trial (role: defendant)
- Military rank: generalmajor
- Place of detention: Nuremberg Court Prison (date: 1947-01-01)
Date: 23 October 1943
Literal Title: Subject: Teletype No. 117/43 of 23 Oct 43
Defendant: Kurt Geitner, von
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Evidence Code: NOKW-166
Exhibit Code: Prosecution 413
Document Book No: Prosecution 17
Citation: NMT 7 (page 1562)
HLSL Item No.: 150434
Notes:Von Geitner signed, by initial, for Felber, the commander.
Document Summary
Staff Evidence Analyses
NOKW-166: Directive stamped secret addressed to P.K. 816 sent by the mil. Commander S.E. (gen. D. inf. Hans-Gustav Felber) re: taking of hostages. 1 page. Certified photostat
NARA NMT Doc Descriptions
NOKW-166: 23 Oct 43 - Order of Mill.Cmdr. Southeast of F.K. 816.
Doc Book Tables of Contents
NOKW-166: 23 Oct 43 - Order of Mil. Cmdr. Southeast to F.K. 816 re arrest as hostages of only those persons who can eventually be shot.