Key Information
Reference code
LIDDELL HART 15/15/145/10
Title
Papers, 1945-1946, relating to German General Alfred Jodl
Date(s)
- 1945 Oct - 1946 Apr (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 file
Scope and content
Papers relating to the career of Gen Alfred Jodl, OKW Chief of Operations Staff, comprising analysis of extracts from his diary, Feb 1937-May 1940; text of speech by Jodl to the Reich and Gau leaders reviewing the war situation, 7 Nov 1943; testimony by military colleagues and associates of Jodl, Dec 1945-Apr 1946, establishing his sphere of responsibility in the Third Reich, his role in Hitler's rise to power, pre-war foreign policy and issuing of war time orders which violated international law, and the extent of his knowledge of the Jewish holocaust. 1 file