MUNICH. [No.] 41, WAR CRIMES TRIALS, NUREMBERG, GERMANY Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 5820 SOURCE: AFCF (7-M-2122) Card 1 of 2 111 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 962 ea Composite (Standard) ADC 5820-1 (MUNICH 41) WAR CRIMES TRIALS Record Group 111 Nuremberg, Germany Accession III-NAV-210 11 Mar 46 MLSs, witness and prosecutor. Erhard Milch, General Field Marshal and Secretary, Permanent Deputy of the Ministry of the Reich Luftwaffe, is cross-examined by Chief Prosecutor for the US, Robert H Jackson. Milch held positions of Quartermaster General of the Air Force and IG for the same branch, was a member of the Armament Council, and directed air operations against Norway in 1940. Mr Jackson questions the witness in English and the witness answers in German. Mr Jackson attempts to establish that Germany was prepared for war by questions leading directly to the knowledge of the occupation of certain countries, and showing the speed with which they were taken. Cited are Denmark, Norway, France, and Poland. Milch states that no preparations were made and no knowledge in advance of these movements was known by the Army generals. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/mle Signal Corps ADC 5820 SOURCE: AFCF (7-M-2122) Card 2 of 2 111 ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP 962 Γ ea Composite (Standard) 5820-2 (MUNICH 41) cont'd WAR CRIMES TRIALS cont'd Nuremberg, Germany cont'd 11 Mar 46 cont'd Milch makes a statement that Poland provoked the war since they were not agreeable to the German proposition of occupation. (Note: The reviewer has given a general translation of Milch's testimony). Record Group 111 Accession III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/mle

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities