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Minutes of a conference outlining Hitler's view of the military situation in Europe and the scenario of a future war
Authors
Rudolf Schmundt (col., general staff; military adjutant to Hitler)
Rudolf Schmundt
German general
- Born: 1896-08-13 (Metz) (country: German Empire; located in the administrative territorial entity: Alsace-Lorraine)
- Died: 1944-10-01 (Kętrzyn)
- Country of citizenship: German Reich
- Occupation: military personnel
- Member of political party: Nazi Party
- Military rank: General of the Infantry
- Military branch: German Army
- VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/3556747
Adolf Hitler (Fuehrer, Reich Chancellor, Supeme Commander of Wehrmacht)
Adolf Hitler
Austrian nationalized German politician, leader of the National Socialist party and dictator of Germany (1889-1945)
- Born: 1889-01-01 1889-04-20 (Braunau am Inn) (country: Austria-Hungary; located in the administrative territorial entity: Archduchy of Austria above the Enns; statement is subject of: Adolf-Hitler-Geburtshaus)
- Died: 1945-04-30 (Berlin Führerbunker) (country: Nazi Germany; located in the administrative territorial entity: Berlin; statement is subject of: death of Adolf Hitler)
- Country of citizenship: Cisleithania (period: 1889-04-20 through 1918-11-11); First Republic of Austria (period: 1919-01-01 through 1925-04-30); Nazi Germany (end cause: death of Adolf Hitler; period: 1933-01-30 through 1945-04-30); Republic of German-Austria (period: 1918-01-01 through 1919-01-01)
- Occupation: painter (statement is subject of: paintings by Adolf Hitler); political writer; politician (reason for preferred rank: generally used form); soldier
- Member of political party: German Workers' Party (period: 1919-09-12 through 1921-07-11); Nazi Party (series ordinal: 556)
- Member of: Nazi Party
- Participant in: Aktion T4; Beer Hall Putsch; The Holocaust; ethnic cleansing
- Significant person: Albert Speer; Benito Mussolini; Eva Braun; Joseph Stalin
Date: 23 May 1939
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: L-79
Citations: NMT 2 (page 35), NMT 2 (page 591), NMT 2 (page 2264)
HLSL Item No.: 3857
Notes:This Staff Evidence Analysis was prepared by Katherine Fite on 1 Aug 1945. Schmundt recorded the minutes of Hitler's presentation.
Document Summary
Staff Evidence Analyses
L-79: Mimeographed translation of minutes of conference 23 May 1939 in Hitler's study New reichs Chancellary entitled ' Indoctrination on the political situation and future aims'
Mimeographed [Illegible] of minutes of conference 23 1939 in Hitler's study, New Reichs Chancellary entitled 'Indoctrination on the Political Situation and future aims'
Doc Book Tables of Contents
L-79: Minutes of a Conference, 25 May 1939, "Indoctrination on the Political Situation and Future Aims".
May 23, 1939, Minutes of Conference "Indoctrination on the political situation and future aims."