The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany (230 page)

14
.
Undated Jodl diary entry,
TMWC,
XXVIII, p. 372 (N.D. 1780–PS).

15
. Item 11 of Case Green,
NCA
, III, pp. 315–20 (N.D. 388–PS); also
DGFP
, II, pp. 357–62.

16
.
TMWC
, XXVIII, p. 373. The
TMWC
volume gives the German text. An English translation of excerpts of Jodl’s diary is in
NCA
, IV, pp. 360–70.

17
. The texts of the memoranda are given by Wolfgang Foerster in
Ein General kaempft gegen den Krieg
, pp. 81–119.

18
. Jodl’s diary,
TMWC
, XXVIII, p. 374. English translation,
NCA
, IV, p. 364 (N.D. 1780–PS).

19
.
Ibid.

20
.
TMWC
, XX, p. 606.

21
.
The Von Hassell Diaries
, p. 6.

22
.
Ibid.
, p. 347.

23
. Foerster,
op. cit.
, p. 122.

24
. Dispatches of June 8 and 9, 1938,
DGFP
, II, pp. 395, 399–401.

25
. Dispatch of June 22,
ibid.
, p. 426.

26
.
Ibid.
, pp. 529–31.

27
.
Ibid.
, p. 611.

28
. Item 17 of the “Green” file,
NCA
, III, pp. 332–33 (N.D. 388–PS).

29
.
TMWC
, XXVIII, p. 375.

30
. Minutes of the Sept. 3, 1938, meeting,
NCA
, III, pp. 334–35 (N.D. 388–PS).

31
. Schmundt’s minutes of the Sept. 9 meeting,
ibid.
, pp. 335–38. It is Item 19 in the “Green” file.

32
. Jodl’s diary note for Sept. 13,
TMWC
, XXVIII, pp. 378–79 (N.D. 1780–PS).

33
.
DGFP
, II, p. 536.

34
. Reports of Kleist’s visit are in
Documents on British Foreign Policy
[hereafter referred to as
DBrFP
], Third Series, II.

35
. Most of the text of Churchill’s letter is in
DGFP
, II, p. 706.

36
.
DBrFP
, Third Series, II, pp. 686–87.

37
. Nevile Henderson,
Failure of a Mission
, pp. 147, 150.

38
.
DBrFP
, Third Series, I.

39
. Erich Kordt gives his brother’s account of this meeting in his book
Nicht aus den Akten
, pp. 279–81.

40
.
DGFP
, II, p. 754.

41
.
Ibid.
, p. 754.

42
. L. B. Namier,
Diplomatic Prelude
, p. 35.

43
. There is a considerable amount of material about the conference. The text of the official report drawn up by Paul Schmidt, who acted as interpreter and was the only other person present, is in
DGFP
, II, pp. 786–98. Schmidt has given an eyewitness account of the meeting in his book
Hitler’s Interpreter
, pp. 90–95. Chamberlain’s notes are in
DBrFP
, Third Series, pp. 338–41; his letter to his sister on the meeting is in Keith Feiling’s
Life of Neville Chamberlain
, pp. 366–68. See also Nevile Henderson’s
Failure of a Mission
, pp. 152–54.

44
.
DGFP
, II, p. 801.

45
.
Ibid.
, p. 810.

46
. Feiling,
op. cit.
, p. 367.

47
.
NCA
, VI, p. 799 (N.D. C–2).

48
.
DGFP
, II, pp. 863–64.

49
. British White Paper, Cmd. 5847, No. 2. Text also in
DGFP
, II, pp. 831–32.

50
.
See Berlin Diary
, p. 137.

51
. The chief sources for the Godesberg conference are: Schmidt’s notes on the two Godesberg meetings,
DGFP
, II, pp. 870–79, 898–908; Schmidt’s description of the talks,
Hitler’s Interpreter
, pp. 95–102; texts of correspondence exchanged between Hitler and Chamberlain on September 23,
DGFP
, II, pp. 887–92; notes by Kirkpatrick on the meeting,
DBrFP
, Third Series, II, pp. 463–73, 499–508; Henderson’s description in
Failure of a Mission,
pp. 156–62.

52
.
NCA
, IV, p. 367 (N.D. 1780–PS).

53
. Jodl’s diary, Sept. 26, 1938,
ibid.

54
. Text of the Godesberg memorandum,
DGFP
, II, pp. 908–10.

55
. The
Times
, London, Sept. 24, 1938.

56
. Text of the Czech reply, British White Paper, Cmd. 5847, No. 7.

57
. Text of Chamberlain’s letter to Hitler of Sept. 26, 1938,
DGFP
, II, pp. 994–95.

58
. Though Dr. Schmidt’s notes on this meeting are missing from the German Foreign Office papers, his own account of it appears in his book,
op. cit.,
pp. 102–3. Kirkpatrick’s notes are in
DBrFP
, Third Series, II, No. 1, p. 118. Henderson’s version in his book,
op. cit.
, p. 163.

59
. Items 31–33 of “Green” file,
NCA
, III, pp. 350–52 (N.D. 388–PS).

60
.
Dispatch from Paris,
DGFP
, II, p. 977.

61
. The text of Roosevelt’s two appeals and Hitler’s answer to the first one are in
DGFP
, II.

62
. Dispatch from Prague,
DGFP
, II, p. 976.

63
. Text of Hitler’s letter of Sept. 27, 1938,
DGFP
, II, pp. 966–68.

64
. Chamberlain’s plan,
DGFP
, II, pp. 987–88. The Prime Minister’s messages are quoted by Wheeler-Bennett in
Munich
, pp. 151–52, 155, from the Czech Archives.

65
.
Ibid.
, p. 158.

66
. Text in British White Paper, Cmd. 5848, No. I. The letter was handed to Hitler by Henderson at noon the next day.

67
. Henderson,
op. cit.
, p. 144.
DBrFP
, Third Series, II, p. 614.

68
. Jodl’s diary, Sept. 28, 1938,
NCA
, IV, p. 368 (N.D. 1780–PS).

69
. Sources: Halder’s interrogation at Nuremberg by Capt. Sam Harris, a New York attorney,
NCA
, Suppl. B, pp. 1547–71: also Halder’s memorandum, which was given to the press at Nuremberg but is not included in either the
NCA
or
TMWC
volumes. Gisevius,
To the Bitter End
, pp. 283–328; his testimony at Nuremberg,
TMWC
, XII, pp. 210–19. Schacht.
Account Settled
, pp. 114–25.

70
. Gisevius,
To the Bitter End
, p. 325. Also his testimony on the stand at Nuremberg,
TMWC
, XII, p. 219.

71
. Erich Kordt’s memorandum, made available to the writer. Allen Dulles,
Germany’s Underground
, p. 46. also gives an account of the call.

72
. Accounts of the meetings in the Chancellery on the forenoon of Sept. 28 are given by some of the participants: Schmidt,
op. cit.
, pp. 105–8; François-Poncet,
op. cit.
, pp. 265–68; Henderson,
op. cit.
, pp. 166–71.

73
. Schmidt,
op. cit.
, p. 107.

74
.
Ibid.
, p. 107.

75
. Henderson,
op. cit.
, pp. 168–69. Schmidt,
op. cit.
, p. 108.

76
. Masaryk later described this scene to the writer, as he did to many other friends. But my notes on it were lost, and I have used Wheeler-Bennett’s moving account in
Munich
, pp. 170–71.

77
. From Halder’s interrogation, Feb. 25. 1946.
NCA
, Suppl. B, pp. 1553–58.

78
. Schacht,
op. cit.
, p. 128.

79
. Gisevius,
op. cit.
, p. 326.

80
.
Ciano’s Hidden Diary, 1937–1938
, p. 166. In a telegram dated June 26, 1940, Mussolini reminded Hitler that at Munich he had promised to take part in the attack on Britain. The text of the telegram is in
DGFP
, X, p. 27.

81
. Text of the Chamberlain and Beneš notes,
DBrFP
, Third Series, II, pp. 599, 604.

82
. The minutes of the two Munich meetings,
DGFP
, II, pp. 1003–8, 1011–14.

83
. Henderson,
op. cit.
, p. 271. François-Poncet,
op. cit.
, p. 271.

84
. Schmidt,
op. cit.
, p. 110.

85
. Text of the Munich Agreement,
DGFP
, II, pp. 1014–16.

86
. From the official report of Dr. Masarik to the Czech Foreign Office. The sources for this section on the Munich Conference are:
DGFP
, II, as cited above in note 83; text of the Munich Agreement,
ibid.
, pp. 1014–16;
DBrFP
, Third Series, II, No. 1, p. 227; and Ciano. Schmidt, Henderson, François-Poncet and Weizsaecker,
op. cit.

87
.
Berlin Diary
, p. 145.

88
. The sources for this Chamberlain-Hitler meeting are:
DGFP
, II, p. 1017, for text of declaration;
DGFP
, IV, pp. 287–93, for Schmidt’s official memorandum on the meeting; Schmidt’s book,
op. cit.
, pp. 112–13.
DBrFP
, Third Series, II, No. 1228, gives a slightly different version of the conversation.

89
.
DGFP
, IV, pp. 4–5.

90
. Jodl’s diary,
NCA
, IV, p. 368 (N.D. 1780–PS).

91
. Keitel’s testimony, April 4, 1946,
TMWC
, X, p. 509.

92
. Manstein’s testimony, Aug. 9, 1946,
TMWC
, XX, p. 606.

93
. Jodl’s testimony, June 4, 1946,
TMWC, XV
, p. 361.

94
. Gamelin,
Servir
, pp. 344–46. A disappointing book! Pertinax,
The Grave Diggers of France
, p. 3, confirms the General here. These are also the sources of Gamelin’s advice on Sept. 26 and 28.

95
.
Churchill,
The Gathering Storm
, p. 339.

96
.
DGFP
, IV, pp. 602–4.

97
. Schacht on the stand at Nuremberg,
TMWC
, XII, p. 531.

98
. Speech to the commanders in chief, Nov. 23, 1939,
NC A
, III, p. 573 (N.D. 789–PS).

 1
. “Green” file, Item 48,
NC A
, III, pp. 372–74 (N.D. 388–PS).

 2
.
Ibid.

 3
. Hitler’s directive, Oct. 21, 1938,
NCA
, VI, pp. 947–48 (N.D. C–136).

 4
.
DGFP
, IV, p. 46.

 5
. Heydrich’s orders to the police for organizing the pogrom,
NCA
, V, pp. 797–801 (N.D. 3051–PS); Heydrich’s report to Goering on the damage and the number of killed and wounded,
NCA
, V. p. 854 (N.D. 3058–PS). Report of Walter Buch, chief party judge, on the pogrom,
NCA
, V, pp. 868–76 (N.D. 3063–PS); Major Buch gives lurid details of numerous murders of Jews and blames Goebbels for the excesses. Stenographic report of the meeting of Goering with cabinet members and government officials and a representative of the insurance companies on Nov. 12,
NCA
, IV, pp. 425–57 (N.D. 1816–PS). Though the complete report is missing, the part which was found runs to 10,000 words.

 6
.
TMWC
, IX, p. 538.

 7
.
DGFP
, IV, pp. 639–49.

 8
.
DBrFP
, Third Series, IV, No. 5.

 9
.
Ciano’s Hidden Diary
, entry for Oct. 28, 1938, p. 185;
Ciano’s Diplomatic Papers
, pp. 242–46.

10
.
DGFP
, IV, pp. 515–20.

11
. Schmidt,
op. cit.
, p. 118; his notes on the meeting,
DGFP
, IV, pp. 471–77.

12
.
DGFP
, IV, pp. 69–72.

13
.
Ibid.
, pp. 82–83.

14
.
Ibid.
, also in
NCA
, VI, pp. 950–51 (N.D. C–138).

15
. Dispatch of the chargé,
DGFP
, IV, pp. 188–89.

16
.
DGFP
, IV, p. 215.

17
. Memoranda of Chvalkovsky’s two talks, with Hitler and Ribbentrop, on Jan. 21, 1939,
DGFP
, IV, pp. 190–202. Chvalkovsky’s own report to the Czechoslovak cabinet on Jan. 23, Czech Archives, quoted by Wheeler-Bennett in
Munich
, pp. 316–17. Also see
French Yellow Book
, pp. 55–56.

18
. Text,
DGFP
, IV, pp. 207–8.

19
. Text,
ibid.
, pp. 218–20.

20
. Memorandum of meeting,
ibid.
, pp. 209–13.

21
. Text,
ibid.
, pp. 234–35.

22
. Based on an account later given by the British minister in Prague,
NCA
, VII, pp. 88–90 (N.D. D–571).

23
. Secret minutes of Tiso-Hitler talk,
DGFP
, IV, pp. 243–45.

24
. See
DGFP
, IV, p. 250.

25
.
Ibid.
, For Ambassador Coulondre’s dispatch, see
French Yellow Book
, p. 96 (No. 77).

26
. Dispatch from Prague, March 13, 1939,
DGFP
, IV, p. 246.

27
.
TMWC
, IX, pp. 303–4.

28
. The sources for the foregoing section, “The Ordeal of Dr. Hácha,” are: Secret minutes of the meeting of Hitler and Hácha,
DGFP
, IV, pp. 263–69; it is also in the Nuremberg documents,
NCA
, V, pp. 43340 (N.D. 2798–PS). Text of the declaration of the German and Czechoslovak governments, March 15, 1939,
DGFP
, IV, pp. 270–71; the first part was issued as a communiqué; it was actually drafted in the Foreign Office on March 14. Proclamation of the Fuehrer to the German People, March 15,
NCA
, VIII, pp. 402–3 (N.D. TC–50). Coulondre’s dispatch,
French Yellow Book
, p. 96 (No. 77). Schmidt’s description of meeting, his book,
op. cit.
, pp. 123–26. Henderson on, his book,
op. cit.
, Ch. 9. Scene with secretaries, A. Zoller, ed.,
Hitler Privat
, p. 84.