Overview
- Description
- Contains photograph copies of documents relating to Adolf Hitler's final thoughts before suicide, his denial of guilt as cause of World War II, his ascribing the entire tragedy to international Jewry, his removal of Göring and Himmler from their offices for disloyalty in negotiating with the enemy without his consent, his choice of Admiral Dönitz and a slate of cabinet members to carry on the struggle, and his marriage to Eva Braun. Included is a note from Martin Bormann to Admiral Dönitz, which served as a cover letter to Hitler's political testament.
- Date
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1945
- Credit Line
- Cite Bundesarchiv as holder of originals
Physical Details
- Extent
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2 microfiche.
- Extent
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1 folder
- System of Arrangement
- Arrangement is thematic
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing station. There are no additional access restrictions to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Bundesarchiv (Germany)
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- According to Walter Jessel, donor, Henry Heckscher, a fellow U. S. Army interrogator at the Freising Prisoner of War facility, obtained carbon copies of the originals from "one of his sources" shortly after the close of World War II. Hecksher made photographs of the carbons, and gave one set to Walter Jessel. Jessel donated his set to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in Feb. 1993, together with some partial translations.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-25 12:29:52
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