POLITICAL REFUGEES, NAPLES, ITALY Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 4346 111 SOURCE: AFCF (0-1167) Card 1 of 2 ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP 905 " ea Silent 4346-1 POLITICAL REFUGEES Naples, Italy Record Group 111 9-12 May 45 Accession III-NAV-210 Seq: German political prisoners come off planes. Included are: Dr Hjlamar Schacht, former Reichminister of Finance for Germany; Prince Frederick Leopold of Prussia, nephew of the German Kaiser; Gen Von Alexander Falkenhausen, former Gov of Belgium; Leon Blum and wife; Greek Gen Papogos, former CIC of Greek Army; Greek Gens Pitsikis, Bakopoulos, and Kasmas. CU, Capt Peter Churchill, wearing glasses, international ice hockey player who was held by the Germans as an exchange prisoner. Seq: Refugees leaving second plane include: Monsignor Neuhausler, Canon of Munich; Dr Haman, Chaplain of Diocese of Aachen; K Kunkel, Chaplain of Koenigsberg, Prussia; Mrs Ingeborg Scroeder and three small children. VS, refugees aboard HMS Grain include: Prince Leopold, Gen Falkenhausen, Graf Von Plettenberg, Dr Schacht, Andre Hlatkly of Budapest, Sec of State for Hungary, and Herman Punder, German Sec of State. MS, US MP speaks with Maj John Stank from Prague, Czech. VS at hotel in Capri where political refugees were housed: Gen Thomas and Dr Mueller conversing. (Dr Mueller is a German lawyer and Gen Thomas is the ousted Wehrmacht leader.) ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE., LIC 1, NY EBS/dk Signal Corps ADC 4346 SOURCE: AFCF (0-1167) Card 2 of 2 111 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 905 ¥ ea Silent ADC POLITICAL REFUGEES (Cont'd) 4346-2 Naples, Italy 9=12 May 45 Lunching on terrace are Dr Van Dyk, Dutch Minister for National Defense speaking with J L F Mogensen, Foreign Officer from Copenhagen and I A Karuas former Czech Minister of Trade and Governor of Bank of Slovakia. Grouped for photograph are: L-R, Dr Fritz Thyssen, Maj H R Thompson of G-5 AHFQ, Gen Falkenhausen and Navy Lt Dale Clark. Back row: Lt Col R J Conolly, Capt J E Donnelly, Security Officer, AHFQ and Lt Robert Crenshow. CU, Drs Thyssen and Schacht. MSs, Gen Falkenhausen talking to Maj Thompson. MSs, Capt Donnelly talking to Prince Philip of Hesse. MSs, Alexander Graf Schenk von Stauffenberg, whose brother threw bomb which wounded Hitler at Munich, with family. VS, Dorothy Thompson, US newspaper columnist, interviews Dr Kurt Von Schuschnigg of Austria and Pastor Martin Niemoeller. Record Group 111 Accession III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE., LIC 1, NY EBS/dk

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities